Job summary
- Main area
- Dermatology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AC440-1124
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £24,433 - £26,060 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Support Medical Secretary, Dermatology
Band 3
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.
Job overview
The Planned Care Service Group are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and suitably qualified Support Medical Secretary to support the Dermatology Service.
The post holder will be required to work on their own initiative within a team and demonstrate excellent typing , flexibility, communication and organisational skills. The post holder must be IT literate and it would be an advantage if the post holder were familiar with NHS information systems such as WPAS (Myrddin).
Main duties of the job
- Plan own day to day tasks and duties.
- Undertake routine typing and audio typing of clinical correspondence.
- Provide secretarial support to a multidisciplinary team.
- Support with waiting lists within RTT targets.
- Manage/update spreadsheets ensuring accurate recording of patient data.
- Prioritise results and organise clinical activity.
- Liaise with patients, General Practitioners and other Health Boards/Trusts to arrange ongoing treatment and care.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RSA/OCR Stage III or equivalent in word processing.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- ECDL
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an office environment.
- Experience of working as part of a team.
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS experience.
- Previous Medical Secretary experience.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Ability to communicate with staff at all levels.
- Audio typing skills.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to communicate in Welsh.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laverne Law
- Job title
- Operational Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 753651
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