Medical Secretary

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Secretary to join the General Surgery department at the Princess of Wales Hospital on a 6 month fixed term contract.

To provide a comprehensive, high quality medical secretarial and administrative service to the General Surgery Consultant(s) their medical team and specialist nursing teams, and other health professionals. To co-ordinate and maintain arrangements to facilitate the patients progression along a defined pathway. To maintain the office organisation and monitor the workload related to the administration team.

Main duties of the job

• Plan own day to day tasks and duties.
• Undertake routine typing and audio typing of clinical correspondence.
• Manage Consultant's diaries.
• Prioritise results, organise clinical activity and patient admissions.
• Liaise with patients, General Practitioners and other Health Boards/Trusts to arrange ongoing treatment and care.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.