Medical Secretary Support for Neurology

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Neurology have an amazing opportunity to seek a Medical Secretary Support to work closely with our dynamic Neurology Secretarial team in supporting our Neurology Consultants across Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch.

The successful candidate will need to be dynamic, confident, enthusiastic and enjoy working as part of a team.

You will be required to have demonstrable typing skills, be confident with good attention to detail and have great interpersonal skills, as you will be required to work with varied levels of hospital staff across the Neurology Services.

Full training will be given.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake typing testing prior to interview.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

Date posted

07 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year pa/pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

153-ME04062

Job locations

Poole Hospital

Poole

BH15 2JB


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RSA II or equivalent touch typing/computer skills
  • Minimum 6 GCSE's including English
  • NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or relevant experience.

Desirable

  • Computer qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Secretarial experience
  • Working with people at all levels

Desirable

  • Experience of working at UHD in a similar role
  • NHS medical secretary experience

Technical Skills Competencies

Essential

  • Computer literate with word processing experience.
  • Data accuracy on computer systems
  • Audio typing

Desirable

  • Experience of Hospital systems: Camis/ EPR

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of secretarial procedures
  • Understanding of Microsoft Word
  • Understanding of data protection

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Team member
  • Approachable
  • Effective communicator
  • Good telephone manner
  • Ability to organise own workload with priorities set by Consultant Secretary / Speciality Support Manager

Other requirements specific to the role

Essential

  • Good verbal and written skills.
  • Attention to detail
  • Flexibility with working pattern
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RSA II or equivalent touch typing/computer skills
  • Minimum 6 GCSE's including English
  • NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or relevant experience.

Desirable

  • Computer qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Secretarial experience
  • Working with people at all levels

Desirable

  • Experience of working at UHD in a similar role
  • NHS medical secretary experience

Technical Skills Competencies

Essential

  • Computer literate with word processing experience.
  • Data accuracy on computer systems
  • Audio typing

Desirable

  • Experience of Hospital systems: Camis/ EPR

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of secretarial procedures
  • Understanding of Microsoft Word
  • Understanding of data protection

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Team member
  • Approachable
  • Effective communicator
  • Good telephone manner
  • Ability to organise own workload with priorities set by Consultant Secretary / Speciality Support Manager

Other requirements specific to the role

Essential

  • Good verbal and written skills.
  • Attention to detail
  • Flexibility with working pattern

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poole Hospital

Poole

BH15 2JB


Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poole Hospital

Poole

BH15 2JB


Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Neurology Service Manager

Kristie Colson

kristie.colson@uhd.nhs.uk

03000193663

Date posted

07 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year pa/pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

153-ME04062

Job locations

Poole Hospital

Poole

BH15 2JB


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