Support Secretary - Rheumatology
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Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced support secretary to join our Rheumatology team at Worthing Hospital.
We are looking for an efficient, professional secretary to join our team. If you have excellent typing skills, are a good communicator with good organisational skills and have a strong desire to deliver outstanding care to our patients, then this could be the role for you.
To support the Band 4 secretaries within the Rheumatology Department and to provide effective administrative support to the clinicians and wider team.
Main duties of the job
To support the Band 4 Secretaries to provide an efficient and effective secretarial service to the Consultants and clinical teams.
Typing of various clinical letters as appropriate within the speciality and other correspondence from audio dictation using Word.
Responding to patient queries and booking patient appointments.
Prioritising work according to changing demands.
To ensure filing is carried out on a regular basis.
To use and obtain information from the Patient Administration System and obtain case notes via the tracking system.
To maintain good communication with the Consultants, their supporting staff, and other staff within the department, as well as patients and members of the public.
Receive telephone enquiries from patients, their relatives, GP's and other departments within the Trust and other Hospitals.
To liaise with other secretarial staff, particularly within the same directorate, and to ensure that cover arrangements are facilitated by working as a team member.
About us
Join us atUHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better neverstops
AtUHSussexwe're proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of theUK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.
Improving lives:We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put ourPatient First.Our mission is summed up by our 'where better never stops' motto and no matter the role atUHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourwellbeing programmefor staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need itbecausewe know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
Build a career with us:As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosingUHSussexyou are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that youdo.
Details
Date posted
31 October 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
279-5764386-OCT23
Job locations
Worthing Hospital
Lyndhurst Road, Worthing
Worthing
BN11 2DH
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address
Worthing Hospital
Lyndhurst Road, Worthing
Worthing
BN11 2DH
Employer's website
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