Medical Secretary - Older People
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Date: 14 hours ago
City: Bath, England
Contract type: Full time
Job Overview
We are looking for an organized and agile Medical Secretary to cover up to a year's maternity leave within our older people's team. We are a small, but supportive team, working with the multi-disciplinary teams across OPU and Stroke. We will support your learning and development within this role, to build your skills to keep these services running smoothly.
Main duties of the job
To provide complete medical secretarial service to include word processing and audio-typing, producing clinical letters and other documents
Organization of meetings and minute-taking
Liaise with MDT to help organize clinics and bookings
Take and relay telephone inquiries in a polite and helpful manner, prioritizing issues and taking action as appropriate
Working for our organisation
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
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
Name Nikki Brown Job title Senior Secretary, Older People’s Unit & Stroke Email address [email protected]
We are looking for an organized and agile Medical Secretary to cover up to a year's maternity leave within our older people's team. We are a small, but supportive team, working with the multi-disciplinary teams across OPU and Stroke. We will support your learning and development within this role, to build your skills to keep these services running smoothly.
Main duties of the job
To provide complete medical secretarial service to include word processing and audio-typing, producing clinical letters and other documents
Organization of meetings and minute-taking
Liaise with MDT to help organize clinics and bookings
Take and relay telephone inquiries in a polite and helpful manner, prioritizing issues and taking action as appropriate
Working for our organisation
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good IT skills, Audio Typing, RSA Level II or equivalent
- Customer Care
Essential criteria
- Previous secretarial experience
- Previous NHS or healthcare experience
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Good Communication Skills
- Prioritisation
- Able to work under pressure
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
- Medical Secretary - OPU/Stroke - Mat Cover (PDF, 336.4KB)
- Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
Name Nikki Brown Job title Senior Secretary, Older People’s Unit & Stroke Email address [email protected]
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