Medical Secretary

Job summary

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to be part of a service that is continuously developing and looking for new ways to better serve our patients? Are you organised and have good typing skills? Do you like working as part of a busy team? Are you friendly and caring? If so, we have the job for you.

We are looking to appoint part time medical secretary to provide a high quality secretarial service to our consultants.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide an expert administration service to the clinical specialty and its associated work streams.

The post holder will support the Consultants, junior medical staff and other health professionals with the creation of best practice and processes, supporting diary management, co-ordination of workload and of appointments and admission related information for patients and carers.

The post holder will lead and contribute to the effective application of administration skills in their area of work with a high degree of technical proficiency and will ensure that the speciality maintains an efficient throughput of work.

The post holder will ensure all administration duties relating to the patient pathway are adhered to as per the department Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), and will co-ordinate and maintain arrangements to facilitate the patients progression along a defined pathway, using understanding of work procedures own experiences and practices.

Using own knowledge and experience the post holder will maintain and improve the office organisation and will delegate and monitor the workload related to the medical secretary administration team.

Collect and collate information relevant to the patient and the service, for example waiting times, RTT, DNA/CNA statistics, backlog and length of stays as well as delayed transfers of care and will report on statistics as directed by the line manager.

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.