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Job summary

Main area
Gynaecology
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
200-NN-7047101-A&C-Y
Employer
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St George's Hospital
Town
Tooting
Salary
£31,944 - £34,937 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/04/2025 23:59

Employer heading

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Medical Secretary

Band 4

 

*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers

Job overview

The Gynaecology department are looking for a motivated administrator to join a friendly and supportive team.

To provide efficient and high quality secretarial and administrative support to the Gynaecology team.

To have key working relationships with the clinical teams and secretarial colleagues in the Gynaecology & Obstetrics Department to provide a high-quality service to the 
patients. 

To be an active and supportive member of the department’s administrative and clerical 
team.

Main duties of the job

  • To have excellent keyboard and word processor skills in Word and Microsoft Outlook.
  •  To identify the most appropriate layout of complex documents, e.g., reports, minutes of meetings, on the word processor and to maintain an organised file management system.
  • To complete all dictation documents, using the Dictate.IT software for clinicians and nurses within the Gynaecology department
  • To act independently, ensuring that daily tasks and on-going workloads are prioritised and completed in agreed timeframes.
  • To assist the managers with validation of day case bookings, and any anomalies with the bookings.
  • To adhere to the departmental protocol for the use of the voicemail.
  • To identify when a caller’s issue is sufficiently urgent to contact the clinician during a meeting/clinical session.
  • To provide cover for other Medical Secretaries within the department when absent.
  •  To provide comprehensive support to the clinicians and their teams to facilitate / enable them to perform their clinical / academic responsibilities.
  • To always ensure confidentiality, only releasing confidential information obtained during employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments.
  • To work in accordance with the Trust’s Equality and Diversity policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). 

 After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to job description/person specification attached. Please feel free to make contact for more information/informal chat.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 2 years NHS experience

education

Essential criteria
  • 5 GCSE's or relevant experience

educataion

Desirable criteria
  • AMSPAR qualification

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Medical secretary experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDCapital Nurse, LondonNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerStep into healthDisability Advice Line

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lauren Gent
Job title
Assistant Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0208 725 5950
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