Job Description
Job Title: Acute Care Medical Secretary
Trust Location: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is the place for you.
About the Trust
Mid Yorkshire is a local Trust providing compassionate, expert care for over half a million people every year, in their homes, in the community and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields. We believe everyone matters. We recognise everyone has unique experiences, and we strive to give care that meets each person’s needs. Our staff are as diverse as the communities we serve. And we believe we are stronger when we celebrate, value, and support our differences.
We believe if our staff are happy, our patients experience will be positive. We’re listening, learning, and improving because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and the best place for care. We support each other through the good and challenging times. And we’re proud to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families.
What you’ll be responsible for:
· Provide a secretarial and administrative support service for the Acute Care Division’s clinical teams.
· Maintain and update electronic diaries for the clinical teams
· Ensure post addressed to the consultant/clinical team is promptly collected, sorted, recorded and actioned as appropriate. To act on own initiative where appropriate in responding to incoming mail.
· Act as a focal point for the clinical team. Provide a friendly and professional service, deal with enquiries from a multitude of sources following Trust policies and standard operating procedures. Liaise with GPs, other hospitals, patients, internal medical/non-medical staff and medical/non-medical external staff by a variety of means i.e., face to face/phone/e-mail/letter/faxes on a daily basis.
· Assist clinicians with administrative tasks, e.g., utilising IT systems or ensuring paper forms are completed and sent to relevant departments in a timely manner in line with service specific standard operating procedures.
You’ll learn the following whilst working at the trust:
1. An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS
2. Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times
3. A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation
You’ll have the following skills/experience:
· Excellent communication skills- both verbal and written
· Microsoft office skills- Outlook, Word, and Excel
· Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
· Previous secretarial experience
· Previous NHS experience
· NHS System Knowledge- Big Hand (mandatory)
As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:
· Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
· Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
· Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
· Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
· Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
· Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
· Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
· Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours
Who are NHS Professionals?
We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.
As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.
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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
Disclaimer
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Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Salary: £12.45 per hour
Benefits:
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Medical Receptionist: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 65136
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