Support Medical Secretary

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Support Medical Secretary working within the Adult Neurodevelopmental Services

The role is 18 hours working Monday to Friday (3 Days).

We are looking for people with proven secretarial skills to undertake the delivery of a comprehensive, high quality support medical secretarial service to the Medical Secretaries, Consultant Psychiatrists and the junior medical staff in their teams.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to prioritise your workload and will be able to respond to competing demands on your time.

You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise with patients, carers and all levels of staff, dealing with calls promptly and sensitively and ensuring that urgent calls are passed on as appropriate.

Excellent keyboard skills are essential as you will be responsible for the audio typewriting of clinical letters and for ensuring the Trust's patient databases are accurately maintained where required.

Applicants should have GCSE English qualification, or equivalent.

Ideally, you will have experience of working on clinical IT systems (SystmOne), although full training will be given.

We will provide the successful candidates with appropriate training specific to the Support Medical Secretary role.

This is a varied role that requires flexibility to be able to adapt to changes on a daily basis within the team of secretaries.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service (pro rata)
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities