Medical Secretary - London, United Kingdom - St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We are looking for someone with good experience within a hospital, who is enthusiastic and willing to learn.

You will need to have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate that you can work strongly within a team.

You will need to liaise with patients of all ages, clinicians at all levels and managers within the Trust and at external organizations.

Time management skills are also essential as you will need to balance the demands of a very busy workload.


The Haematology and Oncology department strive to provide excellent patient care and positive patient experiences, always reflecting the trust values.

The medical secretary role is key to delivering an effective service to our patients.

This role provides efficient and high quality secretarial and administrative support to consultants and their teams, working in close co-operation with staff and other health professionals.

In the Renal department the postholder may coordinate admissions to ensure the appropriate patient is booked onto the correct theatre list within Trust and national access targets.

The medical secretary is an active and supportive member of the department's administrative team.


With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.


The main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.

St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.


As well as acute hospital services, St Georges Hospital provides a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across south west London.

A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.


The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma.

Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.

Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
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