Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
To provide a comprehensive service to Consultants and secretarial services to junior doctors, Cellular Pathology Service Manager and Service Support Manager as required.
Providing secretarial support to Pathologists in relation to their post mortem responsibilities.
Coordinating all clerical aspects of this work including typing complex/sensitive post mortem reports and liaising with the Coroner's Office as and when necessary.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, hard-working Medical Secretary to join our team working in Cellular Pathology.
We are searching for a person who shares our core values including caring for the people we serve and the people we work with; we trust and respect each other, take personal responsibility, treat people with kindness and act with integrity.
The individual must be reliable and flexible to meet service needs and used to working in a busy environment.
The successful candidate will have experience of working in a Secretarial / administration capacity. Experience of working within a Multi disciplinary team would be an advantage as would the ability to support various teams.
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 focused 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 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
* Good standard of general education with a minimum of 4 GCSEs including Maths and English
* Additional word processing/computer qualifications
Experience
* Sufficient experience of working in an office environment in a secretarial or administrative position
* Experience of working in the NHS
Skills
* Accurate and efficient typing skills
* Excellent organisational and communication skills
* Prioritise and manage own workload
* Can work on own initiative
* Ability to set up administrative systems
* Ability to use computerised databases
* Good telephone manner
* Basic knowledge of medical terminology
Special Knowledge
* Ability to work as part of a team in an extremely busy environment
* Knowledge of Data Protection
* Knowledge of (WCP)
Personal Qualities
* Reliable, pleasant personality
* Flexible approach regarding role and working hours.
* Committed to providing a quality service
* Emotionally resilient
* Methodical
* Pleasant and sympathetic manner
Other
* Awareness of the importance of confidentiality
* Ability to speak Welsh
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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