Job summary
- Main area
- Breast
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 359-6413501-T2
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Town
- Tunbridge Wells
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Urology Medical Secretary
Band 4
Job overview
To work as a Medical Secretary within the Urology department, including diary management, taking lead responsibility the Urology 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 Urology secretary's, liaising with the booking teams regarding patient queries.
Please note we are a cross site trust but this role will be mainly based at Maidstone 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.
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
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
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.
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
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nadya Miah
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622225858
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