Medical Secretary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 22 January 2025

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent Mental Health Services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

A great opportunity has arisen for a permanent, Band 4 Medical Secretary. The post holder will manage the office administration of the Consultant and other medical staff within the Early Intervention service (EIS), providing an efficient and effective high quality secretarial service to support medical staff in maintaining a safe, efficient and effective clinical service.

The post holder will be required to work flexibly in response to the needs of the networks administrative service, providing cover to departments on various sites as directed by their Line Manager to ensure continuity of a quality service provision.

Main duties of the job

Evidence of a good general education is essential together with good communication skills and excellent organisation ability. You must have fast keyboard skills. Knowledge of working within the NHS will be an advantage and computer skills will be essential.

The successful applicant will require a mature, flexible approach and the ability to work within a busy team. They will also be expected to use their own initiative and work unsupervised to ensure the effective coordination of duties.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent mental health and substance misuse services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date, then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

08 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-BAY707-LW-C

Job locations

Fairfield Centre

Barrow-In-Furness

LA13 9AJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good level of general education including Maths and English at GCSE or equivalent
  • RSA typing/word processing level 3 or equivalent
  • RSA level 3 audio typing skills

Knowledge

Essential

  • Advanced communication and organisational skills
  • Competent clerical skills

Experience

Essential

  • Previous secretarial experience
  • Experience in a variety of office environments
  • Minute taking

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
  • Ability to work in a multi- disciplinary environment
  • An understanding and appreciation of confidentiality
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good level of general education including Maths and English at GCSE or equivalent
  • RSA typing/word processing level 3 or equivalent
  • RSA level 3 audio typing skills

Knowledge

Essential

  • Advanced communication and organisational skills
  • Competent clerical skills

Experience

Essential

  • Previous secretarial experience
  • Experience in a variety of office environments
  • Minute taking

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
  • Ability to work in a multi- disciplinary environment
  • An understanding and appreciation of confidentiality

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fairfield Centre

Barrow-In-Furness

LA13 9AJ


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fairfield Centre

Barrow-In-Furness

LA13 9AJ


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Admin Coordinator

Nasreen Kosar

nasreen.kosar@lscft.nhs.uk

Date posted

08 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-BAY707-LW-C

Job locations

Fairfield Centre

Barrow-In-Furness

LA13 9AJ


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