Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Medical Secretary - Acute Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 241-521FC-24
- Employer
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Musgrave House Royal Bolton Hospital
- Town
- Bolton
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Medical Secretary - Paediatric Medicine
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible and well organised individual to join our friendly Paediatric and Neonatal Team as a Senior Medical Secretary.
We are looking for highly organised medical secretary, with previous experience in a similar setting, who will work alongside other Senior Medical Secretaries, to carry out clinical typing, co-ordination of patients’ case notes/test results, appointments, telephone messages amongst other general office duties. The post holders will be based in the offices for the Acute Paediatric and Neonatal Secretarial Team at Royal Bolton Hospital.
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 RSA III or equivalent level qualification /experience, also GCSE English Language and Maths grade C or above. Previous medical secretarial experience, knowledge of medical terminology and audio typing is essential. You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to prioritise workload. You should be able to integrate well with the existing team and have a genuine desire to provide a quality service to all patients and knowledge of the NHS are desirable.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide an efficient secretarial service to the Acute Paediatric and Neonatal Team. The post holder will provide cross cover for fellow secretaries when required.
To provide a full medical secretarial and administrative support.
General office duties including e-mail and computer systems, word processing.
To assist the OBM/DOBM to facilitate the smooth running of the Acute Paediatrics and Neonatal Services.
Working for our organisation
The Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care in maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children’s services. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1,500 gynaecological procedures each year. The Trust also has a tertiary level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, enabling 1 in 4 women across Greater Manchester to receive in-utero transfer and birth at extreme premature gestation at Bolton.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Proven record of a good standard of education
- Medical Secretarial AMSPAR qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Computer qualification eg ECDL
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a medical secretary in a health care setting
- Able to demonstrate experience of working with a variety of professionals
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using digital audio transcription software
- Experience of working within Paediatric Services.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Audio typing skills
- Good organisational skills, ability to prioritise
- Ability to appreciate the needs of patients, carers and healthcare staff
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use LE2.2 and EPR
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Medical terminology
- Understanding of NHS
- Knowledge of multidisciplinary multiagency partnership arrangements
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of 18 weeks LE2.2 outcomes
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to base decisions on improved patient care
- Pleasant, enthusiastic, initiative
- Flexibility in working hours
- Proven record of good attendance in previous employment
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
- Caroline Ellis
- Job title
- Deputy Operational Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01204 390228
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