Assistant Medical Secretary - Rheumatology
Wye Valley NHS Trust
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Job summary
This role involves supporting the Medical Secretaries and the rest of the Clinical team, typing clinical correspondence to adhere to standard turnaround times for Wye Valley Trust and processing the patient queries for the Rheumatology Advice and Guidance Telephone/Email Service adhering to the departmental standard turnaround times.
The role is initially based in the Rheumatology department but there may need to be flexibility in working within the Division as service needs require.
Main duties of the job
Type correspondence, clinic letters, medical reports, etc using digital dictation and transcribe ensuring workload is typed in chronological order, prioritised, produced in a timely manner and to an agreed standard.
Taking Advice and Guidance Patient Helpline Requests from the Advice and Guidance answering machine and relevant email accounts, forwarding on the request to the appropriate Clinician and then actioning - e.g. typing letters, book appointments etc.
Answering departmental phone calls in a courteous and professional manner.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Date posted
12 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-MED-6419261
Job locations
Wye Valley Trust
Union Walk
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Wye Valley Trust
Union Walk
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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