Bank Medical Secretary - Hove, United Kingdom - The Montefiore Hospital

Description

The Montefiore Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Bank Medical Secretary to join our dynamic and experienced team. Our team of bank medical secretaries provide cover during annual leave, sickness and high volume periods. Working as part of our bank team will suit someone who would does not need set hours per week/month and would like a degree of flexibility with regards to hours/days required to work.

The Montefiore Hospital, part of Spire Healthcare, is rated "Outstanding" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We practice some of the most advanced treatments on the latest generation imaging, and diagnostic technology.

This means we can offer everything from screening and rehabilitation through to leading-edge surgical procedures and excellence in specialist fields like orthopaedics, cardiology, and general surgery all delivered through our expert and caring clinical team.

The hospital is well-positioned to maximise the excellent local public transport.

There are buses that stop in the vicinity and is also within walking distance of both Hove and Brighton train station.

Overall Responsibilities

• Providing an efficient and timely secretarial service to assigned consultants and any other associated teams.
• Liaising with patients on a daily basis, handling queries and arranging admissions as and when required, in a professional and courteous manner
• Liaising with insurance companies and other external agencies, as appropriate
• Production of medical letters, operation/clinic notes and discharge summaries.
• Arranging completion of claim forms, if required, with relevant consultant, ensuring all financial paperwork is kept up to date
• Developing good working relationships with consultants, administration teams, nursing staff and any other departments
• Manage outpatient bookings, where required, ensuring the appointments process runs smoothly
• Manage Consultants' records and filing
• Undertake all work in accordance with company hospital policies and procedures. Ensuring familiarity with the Health and Safety at Work Act, including manual handling and fire procedures
• To maintain confidentiality of all information acquitted with regard to patients, consultants and staff and not on any account disclose information about the affairs of the hospital, its subsidiaries or associates
• Provide and receive patient information, ensuring that all patient information is provided, received and recorded in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Spire policies.
• To present a professional, smart image at all times, ensuring adherence to hospital uniform policy
• Carry out any other duty that reasonably falls within the general nature and level of responsibility of the post.

Qualifications and Training

• RSA Standard or Medical Secretarial Diploma
• Audio skills
• Good standard of secondary education with demonstrable literacy and numeracy skills

Experience

• Track record of successful delivery in a similar role, with experience in a wide range of secretarial duties
• Track record of successful delivery in a similar role, with previous experience in the medical sector

Knowledge and Technical Abilities

• Good understanding of medical terminology
• Knowledge of the healthcare market

Benefits

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won't be applicable for all)
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via 'Spire for You'
• Wellbeing Centre access via 'Spire for You'
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team

Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together
• Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an
equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all.

Our people are our difference, it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

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