Medical Secretary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Post: Medical Secretary

Location: Mountcroft Resource Centre, Fleetwood

Band: 4

Salary: £25,147-£27,596

Hours / Pattern of work: 18.75 hours over 2.5 days, Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday and Friday.

Type of contract: Permanent

Applications are invited for an experienced B4 Medical Secretary to provide secretarial and administration support to the Community Mental Health Team Consultant and Medics at Mountcroft Resource Centre at Fleetwood and the successful applicant will be offered full on the job training. You will need advanced word processing and audio typing skills. You will need experience of audio and some live typing if required and previous Secretarial experience. The post holder will coordinate their activities with other members of the secretarial team to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided. The successful applicants will require a flexible approach and the ability to work across other sites if required for the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

This post is subject to standard DBS Disclosure and the successful applicant will be required to pay for their DBS check.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent mental health and substance misuse services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

The services provided include community nursing, health visiting and a range of therapy services including physiotherapy, podiatry and speech & language. Wellbeing services provided include smoking cessation and healthy lifestyle services. The Trust specialises in inpatient services, including rehabilitation services and community mental health services.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

18 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-FYL497-CLK

Job locations

Mountcroft Resource Centre

Fleetwood

FY7 6AH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Person Specification

Education

Essential

Good level of general education including Mathematics and English at GCSE Grade 4 or above, or equivalent.
NVQ Level 4 in Business and Admin or equivalent experience.
OCR level III or equivalent word processing experience

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of GDPR
Specialist knowledge of a range of secretarial procedures

Desirable

Medical terminology

Experience

Essential

Work in an office environment
Experience of working with distressed patients
Working as part of a team

Person Specification

Education

Essential

Good level of general education including Mathematics and English at GCSE Grade 4 or above, or equivalent.
NVQ Level 4 in Business and Admin or equivalent experience.
OCR level III or equivalent word processing experience

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of GDPR
Specialist knowledge of a range of secretarial procedures

Desirable

Medical terminology

Experience

Essential

Work in an office environment
Experience of working with distressed patients
Working as part of a team

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.