Support Medical Secretary

Job summary

Applications for this vacancy are restricted to Internal applicants only.

Hours per week: 22.25.

The Radiology Administrative Team provide a range of secretarial, support and administrative services to our patients and colleagues within the Directorate of Diagnostic Imaging. We expect enthusiasm, flexibility, teamwork, respect and compassion. In return we offer to develop your knowledge and experience of working in an administrative role in a clinical department within the NHS.

Come and join us.

• Please note the Trust are not able to offer Skilled Worker Sponsorship for this role as it does not meet the UKVI threshold requirements. Applicants are requested to consider this when making their application. Please visitGov.UKfor further information

Main duties of the job

This is a cross-site Post - you will be expected to work at both South Tyneside Hospital and Sunderland Royal Hospital as and when required.

As a Support Secretary you will work closely within a team of secretarial and other administrative staff, providing a wide range of secretarial duties to support the Radiology Department. You will be involved in supporting our clinical teams, urgent reporting processes, appointments processes and general enquiries, providing excellent and timely administrative services to our patients.

This is a demanding but very rewarding Post, dealing with patients and staff inside and outside of the Trust and will require excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a professional, friendly and approachable manner.

You should be educated to GCSE level or equivalent, with passes in English Language and Maths or equivalent literacy and numeracy Level 2 skills, or an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent vocational experience. Effective IT skills are essential as all work is undertaken using a variety of software packages. You will have significant experience of working within administrative team using all Radiology IT systems, including Soliton and Meditech.

About us

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,600 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust Headquarters

Sunderland Royal Hospital

Sunderland

SR4 7TP

Employer's website

https://www.stsft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust Headquarters

Sunderland Royal Hospital

Sunderland

SR4 7TP

Employer's website

https://www.stsft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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