Employer: West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Hemel Hempstead Hospital
Town: Hemel Hempstead
Salary: £27,857 - £30,570 pa inc HCA pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/12/2024 23:59
Band 4 - Medical Secretary, Haematology
Job overview
The Haematology Department is seeking an enthusiastic, friendly and team-oriented individual for a part-time Medical Secretary position (Monday to Friday).
The successful candidate will provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the consultants, Anticoagulant Specialists, and Haematology Nurse.
This role carries significant responsibility and requires a high level of commitment and a positive attitude to ensure the efficient management of the haematology office.
The ability to prioritize workload daily and to address unexpected queries and demands is essential.
Additionally, occasional travel to the St Albans site will be required.
Interviews will take place on the 7th January 2025.
Main duties of the job
The department is looking for someone who can:
1. Provide a complete confidential secretarial service for the consultants, of both a clinical and non-clinical nature, regularly transcribing complex medical terminology within a high-volume workload, including the use of audio, together with associated photocopying and filing.
2. Deal with telephone and personal enquiries from patients, GPs, other health professionals, exercising independent judgment and initiative, giving information and non-clinical advice, and ensuring accurate messages are conveyed and appropriate action taken.
3. Give out Pathology results from the ICE system to GPs, Consultants, and other medical professionals.
4. Manage Haematology Generic Emails, Electronic Referral System (eRS) waiting list functions, providing the consultants with appropriate information regarding referrals and appointments.
5. Prioritize workload under the direction of the office manager and in the absence of other team members, to provide cover for essential tasks.
Working for our organisation
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.
We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a full list of duties and details about the role.
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Person specification
Education and qualifications:
* AMSPAR or equivalent level of knowledge.
* RSA III or equivalent experience in same field.
* English language GCSE or equivalent.
* ECDL.
Knowledge:
* Knowledge of Microsoft Office (to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
* Sound knowledge and understanding of medical terminology.
* Knowledge of specialty.
Experience:
* Experience as a medical secretary.
* Secretarial experience.
* Experience of working in NHS.
* Experience of working unsupervised.
* Experience of working in a team.
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.
As an employer of nearly 6,000 people the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
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