Job summary
We are recruiting for a Medical Secretary who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
An opportunity has arisen for full time Medical Secretary to join the team within Cellular Pathology at St.Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced secretary with skills and knowledge covering a wide-range of administrative systems.
The role involves audio and copy typing of complex pathology reports requiring a high level of familiarity of medical terminology.
You will be able to provide a comprehensive secretarial/administrative service to the Consultants and Managers within the Cellular Pathology Department; enabling them to optimise reporting commitment, and therefore facilitating the Trust in the achievement of its objectives and targets.
It is essential that the post holder should exercise initiative and judgement using acquired skill and knowledge whilst always maintaining confidentiality.
Main duties of the job
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge
Essential
- RSA level 3 typing or relevant proven experience.
- AMSPAR medical secretarial qualification or equivalent.
- Secretarial experience
- Relevant Audio typing experience
- Be computer literate with a good working knowledge of Windows Packages, including Word
Desirable
- NVQ customer care.
- ECDL.
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Medical Secretarial experience
Aptitudes
Essential
- Flexible approach
- Self-motivated
- Supportive to other members of the team
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate high standards of transcribing
- Ability to work as a team member and alone
- Ability to prioritise work
- Ability to work under pressure
Person Specification
Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge
Essential
- RSA level 3 typing or relevant proven experience.
- AMSPAR medical secretarial qualification or equivalent.
- Secretarial experience
- Relevant Audio typing experience
- Be computer literate with a good working knowledge of Windows Packages, including Word
Desirable
- NVQ customer care.
- ECDL.
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Medical Secretarial experience
Aptitudes
Essential
- Flexible approach
- Self-motivated
- Supportive to other members of the team
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate high standards of transcribing
- Ability to work as a team member and alone
- Ability to prioritise work
- Ability to work under pressure
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
