Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 24 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-ME03446
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum / pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Secretary Support for Neurology
Band 3
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
Neurology have an amazing opportunity to seek a Medical Secretary Support to work closely with our dynamic Neurology Secretarial team in supporting our Neurology Consultants across Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch.
The successful candidate will need to be dynamic, confident, enthusiastic and enjoy working as part of a team.
You will be required to have demonstrable typing skills, be confident with good attention to detail and have great interpersonal skills, as you will be required to work with varied levels of hospital staff across the Neurology Services. Post is a working 24 hours - Monday - Friday.
Full training will be given.
All successful applicants will be required to undertake typing testing prior to interview.
Base Location: Poole & Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RSA II or equivalent touch typing/computer skills
- Minimum 6 GCSE’s including English
- NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or relevant experience.
Desirable criteria
- Computer qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Secretarial experience
- Working with people at all levels
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working at UHD in a similar role
- NHS medical secretary experience
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- Computer literate with word processing experience.
- Data accuracy on computer systems
- Audio typing
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Hospital systems: Camis/ EPR
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of secretarial procedures
- Understanding of Microsoft Word
- Understanding of data protection
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Team member
- Approachable
- Effective communicator
- Good telephone manner
- Ability to organise own workload with priorities set by Consultant Secretary / Speciality Support Manager
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written skills.
- Attention to detail
- Flexibility with working pattern
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kristie Colson
- Job title
- Neurology Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 3663
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