Medical Secretary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Haematology Team as a Medical Secretary within the Clinical Support and Cancer Services Directorate. Applications are invited from a suitably qualified and experienced candidate to join our busy administrative team to provide secretarial support to the Haematology Clinical team Trustwide.

This post will be based at North Tyneside General Hospital, but the post holder may be required to work at other sites within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

To provide a full secretarial service to the Haematology Team, Consultants, Nurses and their teams.

The successful candidate will provide transcription, administrative and secretarial support service to the team. The post holder must be able to use own initiative, work under pressure, keep to strict deadlines and have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.Knowledge of IT packages and their applications is essential. Support on the use of the G2 software package will be provided. ECDL and knowledge of PAS and previous experience of working within the healthcare environment would be desirable.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Date posted

14 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5589541JA

Job locations

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide general office support to the wider teams where necessary.

To provide secretarial support to consultants and other team members including typing dictated correspondence and dealing with referrals to other healthcare professionals, receive communication and bring to attention of the relevant consultant.

To deputise for more senior role providing office co-ordination and management when covering sickness absences and annual leave.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide general office support to the wider teams where necessary.

To deputise for more senior role providing office co-ordination and management when covering sickness absences and annual leave.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RSA 3 or equivalent experience
GCSE English language grade C or above or equivalent experience

Desirable

ECDL

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RSA 3 or equivalent experience
GCSE English language grade C or above or equivalent experience

Desirable

ECDL

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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