Medical Secretary

Job summary

A vacancy has arisen for a part-time Band 4 experienced Medical Secretary to work within the Rheumatology Department, Medical Care Clinical Business Unit, based at Halton Hospital.

The main duties of the post will be to provide an efficient secretarial support to the Rheumatology Team. The role is busy and varied and will work alongside the Medical Secretaries who work for the Rheumatology Consultants. In the absence of colleagues, you should be flexible in order to undertake work from Consultants as and when required, which could be on the Warrington site.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate previous experience in a Medical secretarial role.

They must possess excellent communication and secretarial skills, including word processing and audio typing. The ability to effectively organise workload is essential. Knowledge of the Winscribe Dictation System/Lorenzo computer system and medical terminology is also essential.

Main duties of the job

A vacancy has arisen for a part-time Band 4 experienced Medical Secretary to work within the Rheumatology Department, Medical Care Clinical Business Unit, based at Halton Hospital.

The main duties of the post will be to provide an efficient secretarial support to the Rheumatology Team. The role is busy and varied and will work alongside the Medical Secretaries who work for the Rheumatology Consultants. In the absence of colleagues, you should be flexible in order to undertake work from Consultants as and when required, which could be on the Warrington site.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate previous experience in a Medical secretarial role.

They must possess excellent communication and secretarial skills, including word processing and audio typing. The ability to effectively organise workload is essential. Knowledge of the Winscribe Dictation System/Lorenzo computer system and medical terminology is also essential.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.