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Employer type: NHS Site: Royal Preston Hospital Town: Preston Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 Per Annum/Pro Rata Salary period: Yearly Closing: 28/11/2024 23:59 Interview date: 09/12/2024 Support Medical Secretary - GastroenterologyBand 3Job overview Would you like to work as part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other and create the best patient experience that you can?
If the answer is yes, then we would love to hear from you!
A fabulous new opportunity for a Support Secretary for Gastroenterology has arisen within the Medicine Division at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
You will be a member of a team of support medical secretaries providing secretarial and administrative support to consultants, junior medical staff and any other staff.
You will support the efficient channelling of communication between medical staff, GPs, patients, relatives, members of the public and other disciplines within the Trust.
Main duties of the job Be the point of contact for all day to day enquiries, referring where necessary to more senior staff.
Provide administrative and secretarial support to consultants.
You will often be the first point of contact for patients and clinicians and will be expected to work independently using their own initiative with minimal direct supervision.
Manage electronic calendars for consultants, organising meetings as and when required.
Accurate maintenance of an electronic diary with effective communication of diary commitments.
Coordinate meetings at the request of the specialty.
This occasionally requires arranging venues and refreshments for off-site meetings.
Chase progress on all issues with appropriate manager on behalf of the specialty and when necessary to ensure that deadlines are met.
Maintain efficient and effective administrative systems including bring forward, and message taking.
Ensuring files and papers are available and up to date providing briefings for the day's activities, highlighting deadlines and potential conflicts of interest.
Provide secretarial and administrative support when other members of the team are absent.
Use databases and computer packages where appropriate to initiate and maintain records and generate statistics for analytical purposes.
Accurately transcribe correspondence and reports by touch typing from audio dictation using knowledge of medical terminology.
Daily use of digital dictation.
Coordinate and liaise with Junior Medical staff and distribute all appropriate medical staff rotas where necessary.
Person specificationQualifications & Education Good General Education RSA 3 Typing Qualification AMSPAR Knowledge & Experience Efficient in the use of Microsoft Word Experience of Excel, Power Point, email and internet Basic knowledge of medical terminology Aware of the concept and application of confidentiality Advanced knowledge of medical terminology Previous medical audio typing experience Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we're looking forward to receiving your application.
You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post.
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