Support Secretary - Wirral, United Kingdom - Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Wirral, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Support Secretary within the Medicine and Acute Division working in our Rheumatology speciality within the Arrowe Park site.

This is a part time post, 22.50 hours per week working Wednesday to Friday.

The minimum requirements for this post are:

Minimum of 2 years secretarial experience
Audio-Typing experience
AMSPAR Medical Secretarial Diploma or equivalent experience
RSA 111 Word Processing (or equivalent)
Good IT Skills/ ECDL would be desirable

This interesting and varied role requires the ability to work well on your own initiative whilst being committed to teamwork as you will need to work with others to meet the patients' needs.

This position also requires good communication skills, the ability to meet the demands of working in a busy environment and is able to represent the department with due professionalism.

You will be responsible for supporting the Medical Secretary to ensure work is completed within strict timescales.

You will need to exercise your judgement and initiative based on experience and knowledge of arising problems and taking appropriate action to resolve situations, including follow up with investigation results, ensuring that all results are presented to medical staff and subsequently auctioned/filed into patients medical records.

You will have the ability to work under pressure, prioritise your workload and to deal with confidential and sensitive issues in a professional manner.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us.

We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department.

We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Support Secretary position available with WUTH.