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Job summary

Main area
Nephrology
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
110-AC168-0424-B
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Glamorgan/YCR
Town
Llantrisant
Salary
£25,524 - £28,010 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Medical Secretary

Band 4

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.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the  living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until  the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed

Job overview

The Medicine Clinical Service Group are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and suitably qualified Medical Secretary to support the Nephrology service.  

The post holder will be required to work on their own initiative and demonstrate excellent typing, flexibility, communication and organisational skills.  The post holder must be ICT literate and familiar with NHS information systems such as WPAS (Myrddin).

This role will be based Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda and can be worked over four days.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of this role will be to provide excellent secretarial support such as digital audio typing, mail and filing duties, managing patient pathways and liaising with patients, relatives/carers and external partners daily.

An excellent understanding of the Principles of Referral to Treatment is also required and an empathetic approach to customer care, therefore an excellent telephone manner will need to be demonstrated.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

 

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
  • Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Aptitude

Essential criteria
  • Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

Applicant requirements

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sharon Whelan
Job title
Administration Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01443 443443
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