Job Title: Medical Support Secretary
Location: Bolton
Hours: Mon – Fri 8.00am – 4:00pm, 37.5 hpw - Ongoing until March 2025
Trust Location: Bolton One, Moor Lane, Bolton, BL3 5BN
What you’ll be responsible for:
1. Typing of day-to-day correspondence on behalf of the Practitioners working in the department, ensuring that the departmental clinical correspondence targets are adhered to.
2. Organising the Practitioner/s clinical, academic and professional commitments by managing their diary, co-ordinating clinics and arranging meetings/appointments/travel arrangements.
3. Receiving urgent dictation from Practitioners, where necessary via the telephone line, and preparing the requested correspondence and, if applicable, emailing the information.
4. Ensuring the timely production of an accurate clinical record of each patient episode using relevant IT systems and databases, including case note tracking and logging of 18 week outcomes.
5. Maintaining bring forward and follow up systems associated with patients’ investigations and results to ensure the continuity of patient clinical care within set timescales and adhering to Trust guidelines, policies and procedures.
You’ll learn the following whilst working at the trust:
1. An in-depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS
2. Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times
3. A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels within the organisation
You’ll have the following skills/experience:
1. Previous experience in a similar role
2. Ability to meet deadlines and manage workload
3. Audio typing skills/Med Sec experience
4. Understanding of medical terminology
This role may require you to show evidence of vocational level 3 qualification or at least 2 years relevant experience.
As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:
1. Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
2. Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
3. Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
4. Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
5. Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
6. Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
7. Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work-life balance is important to us
8. Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours
Who are NHS Professionals?
We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.
As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.
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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £13.13 per hour
Expected hours: 37.5 per week
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 79294
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