Job Description

You will be a well-organized and experienced secretary with knowledge of medical terminology. You will ensure all Consultants and Clinicians within your role are organized and equipped to fulfil their responsibilities. Duties will include minuting of ward rounds, typing of medical and other correspondence, actioning any requirements identified in minutes/typing, along with coordinating clinical activities.

• Undertake audio/clerical duties for your consultants, including minute taking, clinical letters, reports, discharge correspondence and clinical activity data inputting. This may include administrative support relating to consultant tutorial work.
• Provide first point of contact for written and telephone enquiries on behalf of your consultants, using judgment to establish validity and priority of the contact.
• Deal with any admission enquiries using judgment and observing patient confidentiality at all times.
• Liaise with General Practitioner’s regarding clinic and domiciliary visits. Liaise with outside agencies, including Social Services, Coroner’s Office, other hospitals, general and geriatric, medical services, clients and their relatives using their knowledge and judgment of any given situation.
• Liaise on behalf of your consultants with multi-disciplinary team members with regard to requirements for joint outpatient's work/care programming activity.
• As directed by your consultants, record activity onto appropriate medium meeting all required deadlines.
• Track all service users from referral to discharge ensuring all appointment and correspondence are within local and national targets.

Benefits

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities