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Job overview

We are looking for a highly organised part time senior medical secretary and clerical team lead with previous experience in a similar setting to undertake this challenging role within the Clinical Haematology admin team, based at the Royal Bolton Hospital. You will provide and manage a comprehensive secretarial service to the consultant haematologists, speciality doctors and clinical nurse specialists and will line manage the haematology clerical team. 

Candidates should be articulate, capable of undertaking a demanding workload and must be able to demonstrate a significant level of initiative. Candidates should possess advanced keyboard skills including a high standard of word processing skills to at least RSA II or equivalent level qualification/experience.  Previous medical secretarial experience and audio typing is essential.

You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to prioritise workload and be able to work with little or no supervision. You should be able to integrate well with the existing team and have a genuine desire to provide a quality service to all patients.

The post holder will work 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, hours to be agreed.

Main duties of the job

Main responsibilities include: 

• Supervision and line management of the Clinical Haematology admin team 
• Typing clinical correspondence
• Booking of follow up outpatient appointments
• Coding of outpatient activity
• Deal with telephone calls, both internal and external

Working for our organisation

We know we can provide you with a great place to work, alongside fantastic teams who are all pulling together to give the people of Bolton the best care possible. We have a unique family feel here in the Trust and this has been recently evidenced by our staff telling us, through the NHS Staff Survey, that we are the best place to work in Greater Manchester.  We are so proud of this and it is so wonderful that our staff feel this way, especially in the midst of one of the biggest challenges we have faced.

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of our people and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. Staff are valued and we can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development.