Medical Secretary

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and helpful person who thrives in a busy, ever-changing environment to join our Administration Team in Colorectal Surgery.

Your role will be to provide valuable secretarial support to the team, enabling the service to run smoothly. Excellent IT and communication skills along with a good typing speed are essential for this role.

If you are looking to be part of a busy and dynamic team, working closely with colleagues to support a positive and successful delivery of service, please do apply

Main duties of the job

• To provide secretarial support to the Colorectal Surgeons.
• Type clinic letters and clinical correspondence.
• Generic emails - monitoring and actioning as required.
• Minuting meetings.
• Booking appointments.
• Communicating by email, telephone or face to face with clinicians, other healthcare professionals, management and patients.
• Spreadsheet work to include updating and tracking information.
• To cross cover in times of absence.
• General administration duties.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!