Medical Support Secretary

Job summary

We are looking for an exceptional person to join our team of medical secretaries who provide a professional service and support the medical team, Nurse Specialists and the wider department by undertaking a range of duties.

You will provide cover for medical secretaries during their absence, including telephone messages, taking minutes of meetings and undertaking any urgent typing for the Consultants and the wider clinical team ensuring clinicians instructions are referred to the medical secretary.

As part of this role you will be using G2 to type patient letters relating to clinic appointments, discharge summaries, tests etc from longhand or verbal dictation to meet Trust Standards. You will also support the medical secretary team by having regular telephone contact with patients and other healthcare professionals internally and externally and occasionally face to face.

Main duties of the job

• In conjunction with the medical secretaries, support the medical team, Nurse Specialists and the wider department by undertaking a range of support secretarial duties.
• Provide cover for medical secretaries during their absence, including telephone messages, taking minutes of meetings and undertaking any urgent typing for the Consultants and the wider clinical team ensuring clinicians instructions are referred to the medical secretary.
• Using G2 to type patient letters relating to clinic appointments, discharge summaries, tests etc from longhand or verbal dictation to meet Trust Standards.
• To support the medical secretary team by having regular telephone contact with patients and other healthcare professionals internally and externally and occasionally face to face.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The Dermatology Department is based at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and provides services to Sheffield and the wider South Yorkshire region. Last year approximately 40,000 patients attended the Department (around 10% of patients had suspected skin cancers, requiring a first appointment within 14 days of referral). The Department has access to two Mohs surgeons, three in-house theatres, space in the Trust's new Minor Operation Procedure Suite (MOPS), a phototherapy suite and specialists in the identification and management of contact dermatitis, acne and psoriasis. Our consultants, specialist doctors and nurses carry out over 2,700 surgeries a year. The Department provides clinical support to the Sheffield Children's Hospital and works closely with doctors and nurses in Primary Care, who have specialist interest in dermatology, to deliver minor skin surgery services in the community.

Our aim is to provide the very best standard of care to patients, across the region, requiring dermatological services and to support the multidisciplinary skin cancer service within the Trust.