St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Secretary Haematology

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Job summary

We currently have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our Haematology Departments as a full time Medical Secretary. The post will provide an extensive opportunity to build and develop secretarial skills working for our service.

We are looking for someone with a good amount of relevant experience, who is enthusiastic and willing to learn. You will need to have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate that you can work strongly within a team. You will need to liaise with patients of all ages, clinicians at all levels and managers within the Trust and at external organizations. Time management skills are also essential as you will need to balance the demands of a very busy workload.

The Haematology and Oncology department strive to provide excellent patient care and positive patient experiences, always reflecting the trust values.

Main duties of the job

The medical secretary role is key to delivering an effective service to our patients. This role provides efficient and high quality secretarial and administrative support to consultants and their teams, working in close co-operation with staff and other health professionals. In the Renal department the post holder may coordinate admissions to ensure the appropriate patient is booked onto the correct theatre list within Trust and national access targets. The medical secretary is an active and supportive member of the department's administrative team.

About us

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

The main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, St Georges Hospital provides a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across south west London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.

Details

Date posted

23 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£31,944 to £34,937 a year Per annum including inner london HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

200-6644511-A&C-Y

Job locations

St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.

Person Specification

Other

Essential

  • Good time management and ability to multi-task.
  • Self-motivated with the ability to adapt to shifting priorities

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • Knowledge and experience of office management
  • Knowledge of requirements of confidentiality and the Data Protection Act

Desirable

  • Knowledge of NHS complaints procedure
  • Knowledge of NHS priorities

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work unsupervised
  • Computer/word processing skills including use of email (eg ability to create directories, documents, mail merge, etc.)
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to prioritise and work to strict deadlines

Desirable

  • Ability to use the Patient Administration System (iCLIP) and the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) or equivalent
  • Ability to use Excel / Powerpoint / Access
  • Audio typing

Experience

Essential

  • Secretarial / administration experience
  • Experience of working within a hospital
  • Experience in establishing/maintaining robust admin systems

Desirable

  • Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams

Qualifications & Training

Essential

  • Good general education including GSCE in Maths or English (or equivalent)
  • RSA III (or equivalent experience)

Desirable

  • Higher level education, qualification in business administration or and admin NVQ
  • Typing 60 WPM minimum
Person Specification

Other

Essential

  • Good time management and ability to multi-task.
  • Self-motivated with the ability to adapt to shifting priorities

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • Knowledge and experience of office management
  • Knowledge of requirements of confidentiality and the Data Protection Act

Desirable

  • Knowledge of NHS complaints procedure
  • Knowledge of NHS priorities

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work unsupervised
  • Computer/word processing skills including use of email (eg ability to create directories, documents, mail merge, etc.)
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to prioritise and work to strict deadlines

Desirable

  • Ability to use the Patient Administration System (iCLIP) and the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) or equivalent
  • Ability to use Excel / Powerpoint / Access
  • Audio typing

Experience

Essential

  • Secretarial / administration experience
  • Experience of working within a hospital
  • Experience in establishing/maintaining robust admin systems

Desirable

  • Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams

Qualifications & Training

Essential

  • Good general education including GSCE in Maths or English (or equivalent)
  • RSA III (or equivalent experience)

Desirable

  • Higher level education, qualification in business administration or and admin NVQ
  • Typing 60 WPM minimum

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.

Employer details

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Speciality Manager for Haematology

Fouzia Mahmood

fouzia.mahmood@stgeorges.nhs.uk

02087250885

Details

Date posted

23 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£31,944 to £34,937 a year Per annum including inner london HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

200-6644511-A&C-Y

Job locations

St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT


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