Medical Secretary in Neurosciences - 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

3 weeks ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Neurosurgery, Neuroscience's directorate.

We are looking for a highly motivated medical secretary role, who will be 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.

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

"What do you feel you would bring to this role that makes you stand out from all over applicants?"


The main duties of the of the role are as follows:

  • being responsible for the smooth running of the off site transcription service for the clinical team, within Trust targets.
- attend department meetings, take minutes and distribute agenda and papers as required.
- produce other general correspondence, which may include distressing or emotional contents, e.g. discharge summaries, memoranda and miscellaneous reports as required, ensuring all correspondence meets Trust standards.
- assist in the compilation of reports, audits, teaching materials, research papers and slides within agreed timeframes as required.
- prioritise incoming correspondence, ensuring that it is promptly dealt with by the appropriate member of staff.


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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