Support Medical Secretary

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will support the Senior Medical Secretaries to provide an efficientsecretarial service to the Endocrinology and Diabetes team.

Core/Key areas will include:-

-To provide typing and administrative support for the teams on a pooled basisaccording to need.- General office duties including e-mail and computer systems, word processing.- To assist the Operational Support Manager to facilitate the smooth running ofthe service.

Please refer to job and description and person specification for further details

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• English language GCSE grade 4 or C or above
• Maths GCSE grade C or 4 or above

Desirable

• Medical Secretary AMSPAR qualification or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a busy office with conflicting demands
• Experience in a health care setting
• Proven typing experience

Desirable

• Experience in a similar role

Skills

Essential

• Good telephone manner
• Excellent communication and good interpersonal skills
• Confident in computer packages such as Word
• Shows good organisational skills

Desirable

• Familiarity with medical terminology

Other

Essential

• Ability to provide flexible committed support with the ability to adapt to developing service needs with a flexible approach to working as service needs dictate.

Desirable

• Familiar with le2.2

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Bolton Hospital

Bolton

BL4 0JR

Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)