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Medical Secretary / Higher Medical Secretary

On-site in Middlesbrough·Full-time·Added today (last checked 9 Nov)

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Our summary

Salary: £25,760 - £31,157 a year
About £1,840 - £2,160 a month after tax.
Work mode: On-site, Middlesbrough
Contract: Full-time
Closing date: Apply by Wednesday 18 November

Skills

Nice to have

Audio Typing

The role

Job summary

Post holders will be appointed at Band 3/4. As laid out in the Trust's development framework for medical secretaries provides a clear progression to allow post holders to progress from band 3 to band 4 within the post subject to formal evaluation in role (this would take 18 months to progress from band 3 to band 4.

We are looking for a medical secretary to join the clinical administration and clerical teams within Cancer Institute at The James Cook University Hospital. The post is available within the Oncology Department.

This offers excellent opportunities for enthusiastic and conscientious people to provide a comprehensive medical secretarial service to consultants, registrar medical and specialist nursing staff in an efficient and timely manner, assisting in the organisation of their workload and contributing to the overall success of the service.

This vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Main duties of the job

Preferably, you will have previous medical secretarial but as a minimum administrative experience, preferably in a health care setting. It is essential that you have strong IT skills, a good level of general education, an extensive knowledge of Office and Outlook (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and internet) along with advanced typing/word processing qualifications/skills.

You will have excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills. It's important that you are flexible, able to act on your own initiative and work both independently and as part of a team. You must be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise workloads as well as being positive and enthusiastic.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills Band 3

Essential

Understanding of secretarial/clerical processes
Awareness of General Data Protection Regulations and patient confidentiality

Desirable

Knowledge of medical terminology
Understanding of a range of work procedures associated with outpatient clinic arrangements, secretarial office procedures and case note procedures
Working knowledge of the functionality of Patient Administration Systems

Qualifications & Training Band 3

Essential

GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2) or equivalent level of demonstrable experience (using the 'knowledge and skills' criteria above)
NVQ3 level Secretarial or Business Administrative qualification, or equivalent level of demonstrable experience (using the 'knowledge and skills' criteria above)

Desirable

Medical Terminology qualification or equivalent level of working experience with medical terminology
Audio-typing qualification or equivalent level of working experience with medical terminology
Customer Care qualification level 2

Qualifications Band 4

Essential

GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2) or equivalent level of demonstrable experience
NVQ3 level Secretarial or Business Administrative qualification or equivalent level of demonstrable experience PLUS oMedical Terminology Qualification Level 2 or equivalent level or short courses or equivalent demonstrable working experience in accordance with the Trust's Medical Secretarial Development Framework
Customer care qualification, Level 2 or short courses or equivalent demonstrable working experience in accordance with the Trust's Medical Secretarial Development Framework

Experience Band 3

Essential

Working knowledge of Office and Outlook, including word, excel and powerpoint, e-mail and internet
Secretarial and administrative experience

Experience Band 4

Essential

Extensive use of Office and Outlook, including word, excel and powerpoint, e-mail and internet
Substantial secretarial and administrative experience

Knowledge and Skills (Both)

Essential

Efficient and accurate word processing skills
Excellent planning, prioritisation and organisational skills

Desirable

Trust experience; knowledge of STHFT policies and procedures

Knowledge and Skills Band 4

Essential

Substantial working knowledge of secretarial/clerical processes
Substantial Working Knowledge of Functionality of Patient Administration System
Understanding of a range of work procedures associated with outpatient clinic arrangements, secretarial office procedures and case note procedures
Knowledge of General Data Protection Regulations and patient confidentiality

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.