Job summary
This role is to work Monday to Friday on site, within the core hours of - ( hours per day).
Department - Obs & Gynae
Post holder will be appointed at Band 3 or Band 4 depending upon previous experience as laid out in the Trust's development framework for medical secretaries. The Framework provides a clear progression to allow post holders to progress from Band 3 to Band 4 within the post subject to a formal evaluation in role (this would take 18 months to progress from Band 3 to Band 4)
We are looking for an experienced secretary to join the clinical administration and clerical teams at The James Cook University Hospital. The post is available within the Perioperative Medicine Directorate. This offers excellent opportunities for enthusiastic and conscientious people to provide a comprehensive secretarial service to Head of Clinical Services, Head of Nursing, Matrons, Clinical Team Leaders and General Managers in an efficient and timely manner, assisting in the organisation of their workload and contributing to the overall success of the service.
Main duties of the job
You will have previous medical secretarial and administrative experience, preferably in a health care setting. It is essential that you have strong IT skills, a good level of general education, an extensive knowledge of Office and Outlook (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and internet) along with advanced typing/word processing qualifications/skills.
You will have excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills. It's important that you are flexible, able to act on your own initiative and work both independently and as part of a team. You must be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise workloads as well as being positive and enthusiastic.
This vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
Your Leadership Impact
Service Improvement for Beginners
After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
1. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
2. Excellent planning, prioritisation and organisational skills
3. Understanding of secretarial/clerical processes
4. Efficient and accurate word processing skills
Desirable
5. Trust experience; knowledge of STHFT policies and procedures
Experience
Essential
6. Secretarial and administrative experience
7. Working knowledge of Office and Outlook, including word, excel and powerpoint, e-mail and internet
Qualifications
Essential
8. GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2)
9. NVQ3 level Secretarial or Business Administrative qualification, or equivalent level of demonstrable experience (using the 'knowledge and skills' criteria above)
Desirable
10. Medical Terminology qualification or equivalent level of working experience with medical terminology (B3)
11. Audio-typing qualification or equivalent level of working experience with medical terminology (B3)
12. Customer Care qualification level 2 (B3)