Medical Secretary (Vascular)

Job summary

We believe that every Medical Secretary working for us plays a key role in improving patient experience and plays a vital part in supporting medical staff with day to day duties. We're looking for an experienced, highly organised and committed individual who shares our values and wants to invest in continuously improving patient care and experience.

If you're an experienced Secretary looking for a new challenge in Vascular and you feel passionate about making a difference and have with a high level of attention to detail, this position in Vascular is the position for you.

Main duties of the job

* Audio typing of patient's correspondence

* Electronic and paper diary management, Outlook diary management

* Answering the phone and dealing with sensitive information

* Point of contact from various departments in the hospital

* Previous high level secretarial/PA experience, demonstrates accurate typing

* Adding patients onto the waiting list adhering to Referral to Treatment (RTT) targets

* Highly organised and high attention to detail and excellent communication skills essential

* Supervising Band 2 & 3 support secretaries

We pledge to always offer a helping hand to assist you on your career journey. We provide a welcoming environment and will support your development with access to a wealth of training, supervision and personal development opportunities.

Closing date of applications: 22 December 2024

Interview date: 02 January 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queens Hospital Burton

Belvedere Road

Burton-on-Trent

DE13 0RB

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queens Hospital Burton

Belvedere Road

Burton-on-Trent

DE13 0RB

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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