Medical Secretary
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Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity which has arisen within the established Vascular Secretarial Team.
The post will be to work directly with named Vascular Consultants and to support the wider vascular team including SAS grades, Vascular CNS team and providing support to the MDT. Providing a comprehensive range of secretarial and administrative services.
Applicants must be confident communicators with the ability to liaise with staff at all levels. You will need to be an enthusiastic, motivated team player, with excellent problem-solving skills.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
You will require high levels of tact, diplomacy, with the ability to prioritise your own workload effectively in the management and running of this secretarial office .
- To act as the point of contact for patients and medical staff on behalf of the consultant and his/her team ensuring that all queries are answered with skill, sensitivity and in a courteous and professional manner.
- Typing and dispatch of clinical correspondence related to NHS medical patients within agreed timescales and quality standards
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Knowledge of Word, Excel, TA+, Ormis, Cito and e-mail systems
- Will be required to use the new typing and editing software T-Pro
- Diary management
- Telephone queries
- Working to strict Trust and Government policies and Waiting list management and 18 weeks guideline
- Preparing and validating waiting lists.
- Escalate any urgent problems to a senior manager within a timely manner
Closing date of applications: 08 June 2025
Interview date: 20 June 2025
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Details
Date posted
28 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£26,530 to £29,114 a year pro rata pa
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
320-SURG-1192-B
Job locations
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer's website
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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