Band 3 Medical Secretary

The closing date is 9th Oct 2022

Job summary

As a medical secretary you will provide an empathic and sensitive point of contact for patients/relatives and carers, undertaking work under the direction of the Medical Secretary Supervisor.

You will provide secretarial support to Consultants and their teams with particular responsibility for audio typing clinic letters, discharge summaries, general copy typing correspondence, minutes and reports.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

  • To touch type from audio and/or copy type from written documentation, this requires an understanding of medical terminology, phraseology and medications. Some documents may be of a complex or distressing nature
  • Arranging patients' appointments as required under direction of the Medical Secretary Supervisor
  • Arranging for patients to be seen for theatre/day case admissions when required and directed by the Medical Secretary Supervisor
  • Ensure that clinic letters and discharge summaries are sent out in accordance with the locally agreed time limits
  • Receiving and dealing with telephone enquiries as appropriate
  • To maintain the Consultant's diaries as required
  • Input and look up patient data on Trust IT systems in accordance with Trust policy
  • To ensure Consultant's post is opened daily and dealt with accordingly
  • Arrange meetings and appointments as necessary
  • To assist colleagues as directed by the Medical Secretary Supervisor in times of pressure of work
  • Obtaining and receiving hospital notes from medical records department using the case note tracking system
  • Co-operate in the introduction of new technology and new working practices to ensure the smooth running of the department
  • Photocopying, scanning letters and documents as required
 

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

  • Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
  • Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. We do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://birminghamandsolihullcovidvaccine.nhs.uk where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Job description

Communication:

  • Provide excellent telephone skills. Accurately record telephone messages and other enquiries and refer as appropriate
  • To provide a point of contact for patients/relatives/carers, GPs and other health care professionals who can be emotional and highly distressed, ensuring that any language or other communication barriers are overcome
  • Provide effective communication and problem solving both face to face and via telephone
  • Be sympathetic and sensitive to the requirements of staff, service users when communicating by telephone or face to face, including dealing with a difficult situation
  • Attend admin team/departmental meetings on a regular basis. Contribute to building effective teamwork in exchanging views, ideas and communicating effectively

Analytic and Judgemental Skills/Freedom to Act:

  • Ability to make decisions and take actions within the team relating to routine enquiries, whilst receiving support and supervision
  • Ability to recognise situations that should be referred onto the Supervisor and take prompt and appropriate action

Planning and Organisational Skills:

  • To manage and progress results of patient investigations and on receipt, prioritise and action according to clinical need, with guidance from the medical team
  • Organise own day-to-day work tasks showing an ability to prioritise in order to achieve set timescales
  • Undertake work that has been prioritised by the Supervisor/ Line Manager
  • Book, monitor room bookings and arrange meetings as and when required

Policy and Service Responsibilities:

  • Work within and keep up to date with National and Trust legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures, protocols and code of conduct relating to own role
  • Participate in and contribute to the effective introduction of new systems and initiatives leading to the improvement and development of patient services

Responsibility for Staff:

  • Participate in the induction and training of all new members of staff

Demonstrate own activities to new / less experienced staff

Responsibility for Information:

  • To liaise with medical records with regard to availability of medical notes for forthcoming clinics, ensuring where possible, all results/correspondence are available for the patient's clinic appointment
  • To develop and maintain an efficient individual filing system on behalf of the team to include correspondence, reports, complaints, research and results
  • Be responsible for confidentiality in line with Trust policy and procedures
  • Accurately input data using a variety of Trust IT systems in a timely way
  • Prepare and scan information onto the Trust IT systems
  • Ensure all information held is kept up to date
  • Be responsible for the quality of information
  • Shred and destroy confidential documentation in line with Trust policy
  • Provide information / produce basic routine reports at an appropriate level under supervision
  • Input staff information into the Electronic Staff Record adhering to confidentiality

Research and Development:

  • Undertake surveys and routine audits of own work as and when required
 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

English and Maths GCSE, 9-4 or A*-C
Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a clerical environment 

Desirable

AMSPAR Certificate/equivalent qualification or equivalent knowledge of medical terminology

Experience

Essential

Experience of dealing with the public/customer service experience
Experience of working with a range of Microsoft Office packages
Experience of using IT systems 

Desirable

Experience of working in a busy environment
Experience of working in a healthcare environment 

Additional Criteria

Essential

Good communication / customer care skills both written and verbal demonstrating sympathy and compassion
Good organisation skills and ability to multitask
Good time management skills
Ability to deal professionally with enquiries from staff
Ability to pay attention to detail where there are predictable interruptions to the work pattern
Ability to deal with stressful situations and sensitive
Work effectively and flexibly as part of a team to meet the needs of the services
Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity
Ability to travel to multiple sites

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

For help with your application, contact: 

Michelle Maddocks 

 

01214242854 

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change 

Band

Band 3 

Salary

£20330.00  to £21777.00 Yearly 

Contract

Permanent 

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-45317PM 

Job locations

Good Hope Hospital 
Rectory Rd 
Sutton Coldfield 
West Midlands 
B75 7RR 

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