Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatrics Medical Secretary Team Lead

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Secretary Team Lead in our Paediatric Team who has excellent interpersonal skills and a calm and methodical approach to provide administrative and secretarial responsibilities for the department.

The role will include a full range of medical secretarial assistance to consultants and their team, overseeing the Paediatric Medical Secretary Team, Paediatric Outpatients and clinic management. Manage own workload, demonstrate efficient organisation and oversee the smooth effective operation of the office and outpatients.

For an informal discussion and more information on the role, please contact-

Opi Laurel on 01483 571122 ext 3282

Or email on opium.laurel@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

Manage the departmental workload and demonstrate efficient organisation and leadership skills over the effective day-to-day operations of the secretarial workforce. Work autonomously co-ordinating the workload of the team, providing full organisational support to the consultants practice and their team.

Ensure procedures and working practices are in place so that the Specialty and Trust can deliver a service that meets the standards and targets that have been set. Provide a considerate, patient focussed service in all dealings with patients and staff around the Trust.

To provide support to the nurses and outpatients teams with room bookings and clinic management.

Provide day to day leadership of the secretarial team including, allocation of work and duties, enabling the team to provide an efficient and successful service to the clinicians.

About us

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.

Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Details

Date posted

15 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,828 to £36,311 a year includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9384-LM-EMF14227

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details the successful candidate will be required to undertake.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details the successful candidate will be required to undertake.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level and/or equivalent experience, with some experience at a senior level.
  • RSA II or equivalent in word processing/audio typing

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in busy environment
  • Experience of dealing with the general public
  • Demonstrable experience in a medical environment, some of which as a medical secretary
  • Awareness and understanding of NHS issues
  • Experience in using patient administration systems

Desirable

  • Experience of supervising/ leading a team of staff
  • Experience of working in a large complex organisation and a multidisciplinary environment
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level and/or equivalent experience, with some experience at a senior level.
  • RSA II or equivalent in word processing/audio typing

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in busy environment
  • Experience of dealing with the general public
  • Demonstrable experience in a medical environment, some of which as a medical secretary
  • Awareness and understanding of NHS issues
  • Experience in using patient administration systems

Desirable

  • Experience of supervising/ leading a team of staff
  • Experience of working in a large complex organisation and a multidisciplinary environment

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

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Opi Laurel (Ext 3282)

opium.laurel@nhs.net

01483571122

Details

Date posted

15 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,828 to £36,311 a year includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9384-LM-EMF14227

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


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