Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Secretary

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Job summary

To provide a comprehensive secretarial, administration and information service to specified Consultant's and their team. To facilitate the organisation of the workload of the Consultant and their team and coordinate their activities with other medical secretaries to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided.

Main duties of the job

The Learning Disability Service strives to provide forward thinking high quality services, working in partnership with other agencies. In addition to working with adults with learning disabilities and autism, we work closely with their families, and we have a strong commitment to health promotion through service development and training initiatives. We are committed to helping our staff develop and you will be part of an enthusiastic and experienced team.

We are looking for a Medical Secretary with previous experience in the NHS, and the successful applicant will have proven administration and secretary skills. The post holder is expected to know how to organize clinical appointments and clinics, can type clinic letters, audio typing and support the scanning and recording of client information.

The post holder will be accountable to the Operational Lead and Senior Community Nurse and Locality Lead Nurse, and will be providing administrative support to the Consultant Psychiatrist within the integrated health team, to ensure effective and timely clinical outcomes are met.

It is expected you will have experience of using IT systems, and in using NHS health systems in managing data.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

20 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-SPS813-AT-A

Job locations

L7F9 A3983 LD Adults Team The Bay

East Barn, Pathfinders Drive

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good level of general education including Maths and English at GCSE or equivalent.
RSA Typing/Word processing level 3 or equivalent.
RSA level 2 Audio Typing Skills.
ECDL or equivalent experience in Microsoft Office.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

Advanced communication and organisational skills.
Competent clerical skills. Ability to use Microsoft Word. Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
Ability to work in in a multi-disciplinary environment.
An understanding and appreciation of confidentiality
Ability to work without direct supervision on own initiative.

Experience

Essential

Previous secretarial experience.

Personal

Essential

Self-motivated and willingness to be flexible, diplomatic and courteous.
Effective interpersonal skills.
Ability to remain pleasant and calm under pressure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good level of general education including Maths and English at GCSE or equivalent.
RSA Typing/Word processing level 3 or equivalent.
RSA level 2 Audio Typing Skills.
ECDL or equivalent experience in Microsoft Office.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

Advanced communication and organisational skills.
Competent clerical skills. Ability to use Microsoft Word. Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
Ability to work in in a multi-disciplinary environment.
An understanding and appreciation of confidentiality
Ability to work without direct supervision on own initiative.

Experience

Essential

Previous secretarial experience.

Personal

Essential

Self-motivated and willingness to be flexible, diplomatic and courteous.
Effective interpersonal skills.
Ability to remain pleasant and calm under pressure.

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

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

L7F9 A3983 LD Adults Team The Bay

East Barn, Pathfinders Drive

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

L7F9 A3983 LD Adults Team The Bay

East Barn, Pathfinders Drive

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ

Employer's website

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