Medical Secretary - Hereford, United Kingdom - Wye Valley NHS Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Verified Company

Hereford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

The purpose of this job is to provide an efficient medical secretarial service within the Specialty, including management of the entire patient pathway.

To manage all clinics and inpatient waiting lists for designated Consultant(s), arranging TCIs using the MAXIMS system.
To be the primary contact for patients under designated Consultant(s). To communicate effectively and professionally, giving reassurance, information or advice appropriately.

To liaise with NHS staff at peripheral clinics regarding patients appointments and outcomes.

To arrange admissions in line with the Trust's waiting list management protocol and Department of Health Referral to Treatment waiting times.

To maintain computerised waiting list as appropriate, ensuring print-out of waiting list is managed in accordance with The Trust's waiting list protocols and Trust Access Policy and to ensure booking of patients in chronological order.

To routinely validate Consultant(s) waiting list.

To ensure that all patients reports and investigation results are brought to the attention of the Consultant with the patient's files.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman:
"The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.