Job summary
- Main area
- Breast
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 359-6621217-T2
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/09/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/10/2024
Employer heading
Breast Medical Secretary
Band 4
Job overview
To work as a Medical Secretary within the Breast department, including diary management, taking lead responsibility the Breast consultants within the team. Provide support to associated medical team typing and distributing clinic notes, discharge summaries and following up further appointments and tests as required. To be proficient in knowledge and use of medical terminology and IT.
You will be working as part of a team of Breast secretary's, liaising with the booking teams regarding patient queries.
Please note that we are a cross site trust and so you may be required to work at both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells (Pembury) hospital.
Main duties of the job
Organise the day to day running of the office, including opening the post or other enquiries and actioning as necessary, independently of, or with the guidance of one of the breast Consultants.
The team consists of Consultants, Registrars ,SHO and FY1s. There are also CNSs, who work cross site between Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospital.
We are a friendly team who work well together.
Working for our organisation
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Standard Level.
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written, grammatical and verbal skills
- Excellent prioritisation and organisational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative and able to make decisions and meet deadlines
- Ability to work as a team member
- Excellent time management skills
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of: Word, Excel, E-mail, Internet, Intranet, Full secretarial procedures, Medical terminology, Confidentiality/data Protection Act
- Medical or other senior secretarial level experience
Desirable criteria
- Powerpoint
- Previous NHS Experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Medical secretarial qualification, RSA3, NVQ3 or other professional secretarial qualification/experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Stringer
- Job title
- Assistant General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 228779
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