Medical Secretary-Early Intervention/Assertive Outreach, Hereford
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to work as a full time Medical Secretary within our Early Intervention/Assertive Outreach team in 27a St Owen Street, Hereford. The Team provides high quality specialist services to adults with mental health difficulties.
You will be working as part of a small administrative team alongside a full time and part time team secretary. The clinical teams consist of 2 Team Managers, 2 Consultant Psychiatrists plus Speciality and junior Doctors, a team of nurses, occupational therapists and clinical psychologists.
Join our team; we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support. If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.
Main duties of the job
As part of our team your main duty will be provide an efficient secretarial and administrative service to the Consultants and other team members. The main tasks include diary/appointment management, minuting of meetings, dealing with both face-to-face and telephone enquiries from patients, recording information on patients medical records and undertaking shorthand/audio/copy typing of reports, letters and other confidential documentation. The Medical Secretary is responsible for following up reports and using their initiative to update the Consultants with relevant information. In addition there will be general office duties which may include emailing, photocopying, scanning, dealing with incoming/outgoing post and filing
About us
We are community hospitals, neighbourhood teams and community health services across Worcestershire and the provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We work in partnership with other organisations to keep our community well at home for as long as possible.
We provide services for people of all ages, across a range of settings, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions.
We have an open and supportive culture, recognised by the CQC and other external regulators. We want you to thrive, offering you every opportunity to develop. We will support you; help you fulfil your ambitions with a varied and flexible training programme; and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We endeavour to offer an attractive work-life balance, with flexibility in our approach to help you get the most out of your career.
We provide our staff with direct access to a wealth of resources to support their wellbeing, from our Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, to wellbeing festivals or access to free online exercise classes.
At the core of our values, we are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights. We take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in delivering best patient care and the employment of our staff.
We would encourage you to visit the Trusts Recruitment Microsite, click the Employer Website link.
Details
Date posted
21 June 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£25,147 to £27,596 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9798-4754
Job locations
27a St Owen Street
Hereford
HR1 2JB
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
27a St Owen Street
Hereford
HR1 2JB
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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