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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Palliative Care/Oncology Medical Secretary, Alexandra Hospital

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Job summary

Palliative Care Team Secretary - full-time (37.5 hours per week)

1-2 home working days per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our Palliative Care Team providing multi-professional palliative care services for patients cared by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

You will provide a full and efficient PA and secretarial service to the Palliative Care Team.

Working as part of a large supportive and friendly secretarial/administration team you will have excellent communication skills, a caring and compassionate nature, be able to work calmly under pressure using your own initiative with an ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines. As part of this role you will also be required to provide medical secretarial duties to support the wider clinical team.

If this is something you would be interested in and would like more information or an informal visit, please contact Laura Ashby, Directorate Support Officer on 07751 730779.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive PA / secretarial service to the Palliative Care multi disciplinary team. Duties as per job description in advert.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

  • Best services for local people
  • Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
  • Best use of resources
  • Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Details

Date posted

03 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9365-24-1142

Job locations

The Alexandra Hospital

Woodrow Drive

Redditch

Worcestershire

B98 7UB


Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description in supporting information ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Senior administrative experience, i.e PA, Service Navigator, etc.
  • Providing secretarial support to a clinical team.

Desirable

  • Medical secretarial experience
  • Experience of working in NHS or other large organisation

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

  • Audio typing.
  • Good organisational, written and communication skills.
  • Able to produce accurate and timely work.
  • Ability to prioritise workload.
  • Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.
  • Excellent telephone manner.
  • Use of Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel).

Desirable

  • Knowledge of PAS Allscripts
  • Medical Terminology.
  • E-mail
  • Internet

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE or equivalent
  • English
  • RSA II or equivalent

Desirable

  • EDCL
  • AMSPAR Diploma/working towards or recognised training in medical secretarial work

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Aware of self-presentation.
  • Able to work under pressure/to deadlines.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Able to work as part of a team.
  • Able to handle more than one job at once.
  • Positive attitude and not resistant to change.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Senior administrative experience, i.e PA, Service Navigator, etc.
  • Providing secretarial support to a clinical team.

Desirable

  • Medical secretarial experience
  • Experience of working in NHS or other large organisation

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

  • Audio typing.
  • Good organisational, written and communication skills.
  • Able to produce accurate and timely work.
  • Ability to prioritise workload.
  • Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.
  • Excellent telephone manner.
  • Use of Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel).

Desirable

  • Knowledge of PAS Allscripts
  • Medical Terminology.
  • E-mail
  • Internet

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE or equivalent
  • English
  • RSA II or equivalent

Desirable

  • EDCL
  • AMSPAR Diploma/working towards or recognised training in medical secretarial work

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Aware of self-presentation.
  • Able to work under pressure/to deadlines.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Able to work as part of a team.
  • Able to handle more than one job at once.
  • Positive attitude and not resistant to change.

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

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

The Alexandra Hospital

Woodrow Drive

Redditch

Worcestershire

B98 7UB


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

The Alexandra Hospital

Woodrow Drive

Redditch

Worcestershire

B98 7UB


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Directorate Support Officer

Laura Ashby

laura.ashby2@nhs.net

07751730779

Details

Date posted

03 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9365-24-1142

Job locations

The Alexandra Hospital

Woodrow Drive

Redditch

Worcestershire

B98 7UB


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