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Cardiology Medical Secretary
Band 3
Main area Cardiology Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 387-SPS7616-MF
Site Bristol Heart Institute Town Bristol Salary £24,625 - £25,674 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/04/2025 23:59 Interview date 25/04/2025
As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
An opportunity has arisen in the Cardiology team for a support secretary post. The role holder must have excellent communication skills with an eye for accuracy and detail. The successful candidate should ideally have secretarial experience.
The candidate should have effective organisational skills, keeping to deadlines and able to work independently, using their own initiative but also working effectively within a wider team.
Main duties of the job
* Manage patient communications through trust systems to create letters and emails to support the multidisciplinary teams.
* Ensure the dispatch and production of all clinical correspondence is maintained by pro-actively monitoring the digital dictation and speech recognition system, and to escalate where delays are identified.
* To support the wider team to meet targets.
* Contacting other hospitals to gather information and reports.
* Liaise with clinical and non-clinical teams across the Trust via email.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
* Clerical/administrative experience/Secretarial
* Previous NHS experience
* Understanding of specialist medical terminology
* Knowledge of NHS policies and/or procedures
Skills and Abilities
* Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines whilst maintaining a high standard of accuracy
* Ability to work effectively in a busy team and adjust to change
* Ability to work independently, managing own workload, whilst providing supervision and support to others
* Ability to adapt to use new computer packages and programmes
* Effective organisational skills
* Good IT skills including Microsoft packages
* Ability to deal with non-routine issues on own initiative
* Effective and polite manner when dealing with people, both face to face and on the phone
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
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