Medical Secretary- Respiratory - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Description

Job summary

Are you looking for a challenge?

Respiratory at City hospital have a full time Medical Secretary vacancy. You will need experience in the role of a medical secretary with a friendly outlook on working life . We are a busy Respiratory Department but are very friendly and work is varied and interesting. We have consultants and secretaries on both SGH and City sites and we have regular meetings to ensure collaborative working.

We would welcome applications from candidates who do not hold the Level 3 Business Administration qualification, as this could be considered as a development opportunity during employment.

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive medical secretarial service to Consultants and supporting teams within Respiratory. To work collaboratively with other medical secretarial colleagues to ensure clinical correspondence is produced and distributed within timescales as per Trust Policy.

o provide a comprehensive medical secretarial service to Consultants andsupporting teams within designated specialty area. To work collaboratively with other medical secretarial colleagues to ensure clinical correspondence is producedmand distributed within acceptable timescales. The post holder will carry out his/her duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation of the work. It is essential that the post holder should exercise initiative commensurate with the role and that confidentiality be maintained at all times.

The post holder will carry out their duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the patients/organization. Duties include:Updating appropriate systems with patient access information. Ensuring that actions set out in clinical letters are followed up and completed.Support Clinicians with timely referral as point of contact for patient and clinician, with the ability to book appointments in trusts approved/standardised manner.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do

Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role requirements.

We will consider this a development post for 12 months.

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications

Essential

Knowledge

Essential