Medical PA- Urology Department
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Job summary
We are recruiting for a Medical PA- Urology Department who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
As a Medical PA you will support the Consultant/s and their team/s in ensuring all appropriate typing work is efficiently outsourced and returned, then subsequently dispatched following signature. This could include all letters, reports, summaries, results, insurance claims, GP and Consultant letters and any other work generated by the Consultant/s and their team/s. Retrieve patient records and coordinate all correspondence relevant to outsourcing. Audio typing and/or shorthand typing may also be required for any work deemed not suitable for outsourcing.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deal efficiently with all patient enquiries by phone, letter or personal appearance, exercising initiative and tact with regard to action necessary.
To provide the first point of reference for the Consultant/s and their team/s.
Ensure that all messages are relayed as quickly as possible to the consultant/s and their medical team/s. The Consultant/s or their medical team/s must make judgement regarding the critical nature of any case and results must not be given to patients or relatives without the Consultant's agreement.
To deal with patients and relatives, exercising common sense and good judgement to analyse complex or antagonistic situations.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Details
Date posted
16 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£25,147 to £27,596 a year Per annum
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
361- 6368107-A
Job locations
Lister Hospital
Corey Mill lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Employer details
Employer name
East and North Herts NHS Trust
Address
Lister Hospital
Corey Mill lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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