Medical Secretary
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Job summary
Due to recent retirement a full time permanent band 4 Medical Secretary post has become available in our office team within the cellular pathology department.
The post involves working with our admin, clerical and support team to ensure that complex diagnostic reports are actionned to support our clinical and cancer teams. This supports our trust values of patient at heart, creative collaboration and everyday excellence.
Main duties of the job
The post involves on site activity in order to support our team of Consultant Pathologists and lab staff with progression of diagnostic specimens from sampling to release of a diagnostic report.
This involves but is not limited to:
Liasing with clinical teams and GPs
Maintaining a generic email inbox for queries and requests
Managing and auditing referral requests from both internal and external sources
Liasing with lab and Consultants to ensure referrals are actionned appropriately
Providing cancer books for cancer teams to support MDTs
Supporting MDT preparation by means of coordinating lists and gathering slides
Addition and checking of data for Cancer registry each month
Supporting any queries within our cancer PTL
Requesting cases manually, checking patient details on SPINE and COSMIC
Addition of lab details to reports in preparation for case reporting by Consultant Pathologists
Supporting with report typing as required using complex medical terminology
Use of spreadsheets for tracking and audit of cases
Supporting accreditation (UKAS) and license activities (HTA)
Deputise for office manager in their absence
About us
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Details
Date posted
27 September 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
292-6461196-CCS
Job locations
Harlow PAH
Harlow
CM20 1QX
Employer details
Employer name
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Harlow PAH
Harlow
CM20 1QX
Employer's website
https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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