Assistant Medical Secretary - Surgical Specialties
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Job summary
The purpose of this role is to provide support to the Medical Secretaries and Consultants within the Surgical Specialties Directorate (General Surgery, Urology, Breast, Vascular), working on your own initiative using knowledge, skills and experience to manage and prioritise workload independently in accordance with operational standards and protocols. The main aspect of the role will be audio typing clinical correspondence in adherence with standard turnaround times.
Main duties of the job
Type correspondence, clinic letters, medical reports, etc using digital dictation and transcribe ensuring workload is prioritised, produced in a timely manner and to an agreed standard.
When covering offices, ensure all patients' investigation reports are reviewed, shown to the Consultant or other member of the team, as appropriate.
To cover, where appropriate, for Medical Secretaries when on annual leave/sick.
To cover, where appropriate for validation, updating patient tracking list and data quality.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
14 February 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,071 to £25,674 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-SUR-7007418
Job locations
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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