Mhls Medical Secretary - Haywards Heath, United Kingdom - Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

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Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking a part time Medical Secretary for the Mental Health Liaison Service based at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.

We are a small but mighty team made up of Mental Health Nurses and Psychiatrists providing specialist assessment and support to patients presenting to A&E in a mental health crisis and also to patients admitted to ward here who in addition to their physical health needs, also need support with their mental health.

The Medical Secretary will provide a full secretarial and administrative service, having daily liaison with a wide range of staff at all levels and regular contact with people who use services and their carers.

The Medical Secretary is responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of the office environment for the the medical team.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides a vast range of mental health services for people throughout Sussex.

To provide comprehensive and efficient secretarial support to the consultant and full multi disciplinary team; including service users letters and discharge summaries, dealing with telephone enquiries from service users, GP's and other hospitals.

Liaise with internal/external services in respect of admissions and discharge of service users under the care of the consultant.

Ensure that service user related information is updated as required on relevant trust systems and that all documents, correspondence, results are filed in the correct sections of the medical notes.

To produce from audio and hand written notes, word processed letters and reports to a high standard of presentation and accuracy including use of psychological, psychiatric and medical terminology.

Some letters and reports may contain very distressing content.

To produce documents to a good standard, using Trust templates, in line with Trust guidelines.

To be responsible for initiating and sending out, without reference, routine correspondence and a variety of self help information.

To be responsible for managing the diaries of the consultant, including allocating new appointments, bookings or follow up appointments, scheduling other activities and prioritising competing needs.

Organise and facilitate relevant meetings, preparing the agenda, taking minutes.

To open and process incoming and outgoing mail for the team.

Prepare teaching materials for clinical presentations given by the consultant.