Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a enthusiastic administrator to join the Metabolic Bone Disease Team as a Secretary. You will be joining a friendly and hardworking team as we expand our fracture liaison service. Our fracture liaison service is well-established and delivers person centered comprehensive management of bone health to patients who have had a fracture. We are looking for a colleague who enjoys team working. You will be providing secretarial support to our Clinical Nurse Specialists.
Main duties of the job
To provide comprehensive administration and secretarial services to Clinical Nurse Specialists in the Self Injection Programme, Fracture Liaison Service and Metabolic Bone Disease Clinic including duties such as answering telephone, taking messages, resolving queries and support projects within the department.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 10 months due to funding. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Good standard of general education
2. RSA stage II or equivalent experience
Desirable
3. RSA stage III
Experience
Essential
4. Secretarial experience
5. Good understanding of need for accurate data capture and reporting
6. Understanding of the Microsoft Office package
Desirable
7. NHS administration experience
8. Medical secretary experience
9. Data entry
10. Experience in the use of spreadsheets /databases
Skills
Essential
11. Typing and word processing skills
12. Excellent communication
13. Courteous and helpful manner
14. Excellent organisational skills
15. Ability to function efficiently under pressure and meet deadlines
16. Able to concentrate for prolonged periods of time on detailed information
Desirable
17. Organising meetings
Special Knowledge
Desirable
18. Knowledge of UHB patient management system
Personal Qualities
Essential
19. Able to work in a team and under pressure
20. Ability to work unsupervised and use own initiative
Desirable
21. Knowledge of medical terminology
Other
Essential
22. Conscientious with good attention to detail
Desirable
23. Ability to speak Welsh