Medical Secretary, Band 3- Vascular
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 05 February 2025
Job summary
Medical Secretary, Band 3
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Vascular department for a Band 3 Medical Secretary. This post is for 30 hours a week over 5 days.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide an efficient, confidential and professional secretarial service to the specialty teams, through managing correspondence, handling patient queries and liaising with other healthcare professional in order to support the delivery if Trust activity. This will include administration and secretarial support to enable provision of patient care and speciality services. Good communication with patients, relatives, general practitioners and other hospital staff is essential to ensure a proficient, high-quality service for patients and clinicians.
About us
The Vascular Network provides specialist cover for Gloucester Royal as the hub with Swindon Hospital as a spoke. Both sites are extremely busy and requires energetic but exceptionally organised person to join our specialist team. If you like to be kept busy, enjoy variety and have good attention to detail whilst under pressure, then you could be the person we are looking for to enable us to deliver an excellent service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See please attached job description for further details of the job role and responsibilities for a Vascular Medical Secretary
Job description
Job responsibilities
See please attached job description for further details of the job role and responsibilities for a Vascular Medical Secretary
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of dealing with members of the public
- Experience of using own initiative, prioritising workload and utilising organisational skills
Desirable
- Previous experience working in a busy office
- Previous medical secretary/hospital/NHS service experience
- Experience of data entry, maintaining databases and data validation of electronic records
- Working experience of TRAK/EPR/PACS/Infoflex
Knowledge
Essential
- Good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent and accurate attention to detail
- Good computer skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook/Diary management
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or above
Desirable
- Typewriting / word processing RSA Level 3 or equivalent practical experience
- NVQ in Administration level 3 computer literate in Microsoft Office packages
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of dealing with members of the public
- Experience of using own initiative, prioritising workload and utilising organisational skills
Desirable
- Previous experience working in a busy office
- Previous medical secretary/hospital/NHS service experience
- Experience of data entry, maintaining databases and data validation of electronic records
- Working experience of TRAK/EPR/PACS/Infoflex
Knowledge
Essential
- Good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent and accurate attention to detail
- Good computer skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook/Diary management
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or above
Desirable
- Typewriting / word processing RSA Level 3 or equivalent practical experience
- NVQ in Administration level 3 computer literate in Microsoft Office packages
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
