East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Secretary - Colorectal

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Job summary

We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic team players to provide secretarial support to the nursing team within the Colorectal department as a Medical Secretary.

This is a key role in a busy department that works closely with the Medical Teams, Nursing Team, Outpatients Department, the endoscopy unit and the wider hospital teams.

You will be part of a friendly patient focussed team, delivering high quality administrative care to patients referred to the Colorectal team in Ipswich.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for ensuring that the administration needs of the department are completed in a timely way.

You will ensure that timeframes are met for the management of patient pathways in accordance with Referral to Treatment targets.

You will support team members by having a flexible approach to both workload, additional tasks and working patterns.

For this post you will require attention to detail as well as excellent communication skills and the ability to prioritise and plan.

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Details

Date posted

20 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1275-24

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Excellent clerical / secretarial background, with proven experience
  • Microsoft applications
  • Work involving contact with members of the public

Desirable

  • NHS experience
  • PAS experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • RSA/OCR 2-3 Text Production / Word Processing
  • RSA/OCR 2-3 Audio Typing
  • Medical Terminology
  • GCSEs, grade C or above (or equivalent), including English & Maths

Desirable

  • ECDL
  • AMSPAR
  • BigHand experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Confidentiality Issues
  • Data Protection
  • English language - ability to communicate well with others at all levels, both verbally and written
  • Competent at using Microsoft applications

Skills

Essential

  • Works well under pressure and to strict deadlines.
  • Works on their own initiative
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Team player
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good eye for detail
  • Ability to think laterally.
  • Calm
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Excellent clerical / secretarial background, with proven experience
  • Microsoft applications
  • Work involving contact with members of the public

Desirable

  • NHS experience
  • PAS experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • RSA/OCR 2-3 Text Production / Word Processing
  • RSA/OCR 2-3 Audio Typing
  • Medical Terminology
  • GCSEs, grade C or above (or equivalent), including English & Maths

Desirable

  • ECDL
  • AMSPAR
  • BigHand experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Confidentiality Issues
  • Data Protection
  • English language - ability to communicate well with others at all levels, both verbally and written
  • Competent at using Microsoft applications

Skills

Essential

  • Works well under pressure and to strict deadlines.
  • Works on their own initiative
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Team player
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good eye for detail
  • Ability to think laterally.
  • Calm

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

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Coordinator General Surgery

Alaina Wardley

Alaina.Wardley@esneft.nhs.uk

07749003861

Details

Date posted

20 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1275-24

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


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