Medical Secretary - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

1 day ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology (OGN) Team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team of Medical Secretaries to activelysupport the provision of an efficient, high quality and comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to a team of consultants to aid their direct clinical care and their wider non-clinical duties

To work closely with the medical secretaries to ensure a seamless level of support to all medical and nursing staff within your area of responsibility in line with existing and changing requirements.

To support a team of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Consultants and the department by undertaking a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service.

To be the first point of contact for patients, relatives, carers, GPs, consultants (internal and external), medical staff, community and nursing staff, administrative staff, other health related bodies such as HFEA, Local CCG's, (in accordance with Trust guidelines), using judgement to establish the validity and priority of the contact.

To type patient correspondence and accurately maintain records of patient correspondence.

To maintain an effective investigation tracking system to actively ensure that all outstanding tests are followed up. On receipt of abnormal results, ensure that they are communicated to the relevant person and follow up is arranged.

To ensure that patients are managed through their care pathways quickly and efficiently by chasing results and ensuring that outpatient appointments are booked in a timely manner.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves.

The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff.

This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

To work as part of the OGN team to actively assist the Directorate in keeping the efficient high quality and comprehensive secretarial and administrative service standards.

The post holder will ensure workload is managed in a timely and accurate manner, with meticulous attention to detail with escalation of any capacity or target issues.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.