Medical Secretary - General Surgery

Job summary

The Division of Surgery would like to invite applicants for a Band 3 post to join the Medical Secretary team within General Surgery at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals.

The post holder will contribute to the day to day provision of secretarial and admin support to designated Consultants/Clinicians as well as working within the team.

Experience in using the PTL (Patient Tracker List) to manage patient's pathway is paramount. A knowledge of medical terminology alongside previous experience of working in a clerical / secretarial role is desirable.

Provide a comprehensive range of secretarial duties: clinical correspondence, general letters, booking outpatient appointments and theatre admissions where required. All admin duties including phone and post, oversee their Consultants/Clinicians PTL.

Main duties of the job

The Post holder will provide an effective and efficient support service to clinical teams, ensuring robust systems and processes are in place for overall administrative oversight and management of the patient pathway. This will include achievement of waiting times targets through PTL validation and education, promoting a "Right First Time" culture.

Responsible for checking, monitoring and progressing all aspects of the patient pathway taking a cross cutting approach in line with clinical instruction and in accordance with national and local waiting times, liaising directly with the consultant and delegated members of the consultant team, using information reports to assist.

A knowledge of medical terminology alongside previous experience of working in a clerical / secretarial role is desirable.

Provide a comprehensive range of secretarial duties: clinical correspondence, general letters, booking outpatient appointments and theatre admissions where required. All admin duties including phone and post, oversee their Consultants/Clinicians PTL.

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, it's our pledge to help you Develop, Belongand Thrive, Here.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.