Job Description
Medical Secretary
Location: Berkshire Independent Hospital, Reading
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Full-time, Fixed-term Contract until end of March 2026
Salary: Depending on experience + Benefits
Summary:
The Berkshire Independent Hospital is one of Berkshire’s leading private hospitals with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality healthcare, treatments and services. The hospital, built in 1993, has 43 individual patient rooms all with en suite facilities. By investing in advanced medical technology, the hospital offers a wide range of treatments and services.
The role
Your main task will be supporting our consultants using our digital dictation app which is essential to the smooth running of patient management. You will be expected to multi-task across a range of secretarial duties; offer good judgement in escalating issues, prioritising jobs, and maintaining highly accurate attention to detail when checking letters against dictation. These tasks are crucial to your role.
What you will bring with you
* Excellent IT skills and ability to proofread ensuring all letters are accurate
* Experience of multi-tasking and working to strict deadlines
* Excellent verbal and written communication
* High attention to detail
* Background knowledge or experience with medical terminology – desirable
Benefits
* 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays
* Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options
* Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
* Flexible shift patterns available where possible
* Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies
* Private Medical Cover with option to add partner & dependants
* Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 base salary
* Free Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy
* Free Parking on site
* Subsidised staff restaurant
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Cycle2Work scheme available, in partnership with Halfords
About us
We’re Ramsay Health Care UK. With 35 hospitals, 7,600 staff and 200,000 patients treated every year, we’re one of the leading independent healthcare providers in England. We deliver a wide and comprehensive range of specialised clinical services from routine to complex surgery, day case procedures, cancer care, diagnostic services and physiotherapy.
We’re part of a global hospital group with over 50 years’ experience that operates in 11 countries across the world. As people caring for people, our ethos helps make a huge difference in the lives of millions.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. We reserve the right to close our adverts prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process.
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