Support Secretary - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

JOB PURPOSE:

To provide administration and secretarial support to the Department of Medical Oncology within the Networked Services Division. To ensure a high standard of secretarial duties are maintained and deadlines are met in this busy department.

To maintain a high standard of service to meet patient needs, keeping accurate up-to-date patient records and the typing of clinic annotations/letters and discharge summaries.

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated and flexible individual to join us as a Medical Secretary within the Medical Oncology Team.

This is a permanent, full time (37.5 hour) post, working over 5 days.

You will be enthusiastic, willing to learn, eager to play an effective part in a busy team environment and be able to use your own initiative.

You will have experience of audio-typing and copy typing and ideally have worked within a healthcare environment with Medical Secretarial experience and a good knowledge of medical terminology.

Accountable to Medical Oncology Assistant Service Manager

Medical Oncology Support Manager

Other Accountabilities Medical Oncology Service Manager

Clinical Director Medical Oncology

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Typing of clinical correspondence, treatment summaries and annotations, ensuring compliance with turnaround time / targets with the use of the digital dictation system.
Ensure accurate input of patient details when entering data on to information databases and patient administration system.
Appropriately disseminate a variety of correspondence/documentation, some of which is highly confidential.
Deal professionally with phone calls from relatives/patients, which could be emotional and of a sensitive nature.
Provide data to the Information Department as required.
Completion of diagnosis and staging proforma.
Liaise with internal and external departments to arrange clinical investigations/procedures.
Liaise with staff at all levels both internally and externally.
Filing/Scanning of correspondence and test results in to patient case notes and tracking in and out of patients notes from clinic.
Contribute to the training of new members of staff within a given area as required.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Follow risk management procedures at all times including the identification, assessment and management of risk within the division.
To abide by all Trust policies and Procedures.
To be responsible for own professional /personal development, including participating in ongoing appraisal and personal development planning.