Medical Secretary - Colorectal | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 Annex 21 (to be considered) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L7 8XP |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6196765/287-RSUR-27-24-A |
Summary
Medical Secretary – Surgical Care Group / Colorectal
Band: 4, 1 full time
An opportunity has arisen for 2 permanent positions for experienced Medical Secretaries to join the Colorectal team within the Surgical Care Group on the Royal site of the Trust. The appointee will work within an established secretarial team who have a commitment to improve our patient experience.
This position involves working with two/three Consultant Colorectal Surgeons, duties include diary management, outpatient activity, managing waiting lists, monitoring referrals and typing of clinic letters.
The successful applicant must be able to undertake all administrative duties, be well organised, able to plan their own workload, work on their own initiative and work to strict deadlines.
It is expected that applicants will have completed the AMSPAR course and or equivalent, have appropriate experience working in a medical environment and have a good understanding and knowledge of medical terminology; experience in the use of EPRO (clinic letter tool) would be advantageous.
1. To provide a comprehensive service to consultants and speciality teams including nurse practitioners/clinicians.
2. Keep diary up to date, arrange appointments, and arrange travel and accommodation.
3. Operate an effective bring forward system and filing system.
4. To manage and maintain 18 week pathways including tertiary referrals to external trusts, and ensure these are accurately recorded on PAS system. Keep track of referrals to ensure patient is reviewed promptly. Check that follow up appointments are arranged in conjunction with Referral to Treat (RTT) patient pathway.
5. Mentor, train and supervise relevant staff as required. Deal with annual leave requests and sickness absence return to work interviews.
6. Support consultants in non clinical activities role by preparing presentation documents using relevant packages and arranging meetings, set agenda
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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1. Ensure appropriate personnel are informed of consultant annual leave/study leave. Keep consultants informed of junior doctor leave, as it could have an effect on the service.
2. Organise and maintain consultant’s admissions. Cancel and add patients to the waiting list, as appropriate, ensuring lists are updated, and patients contacted. Liaise with waiting list office, anaesthetic department and ward. Complete and amend theatre lists appropriately.
3. Type dictation from audio transcription of clinical correspondence and documentation. Type discharge summaries as appropriate. Maintain an effective track on inpatient referrals to ensure patient is reviewed promptly.
4. Check against clinical letters to ensure appropriate follow up arrangements/investigations are in place. Rectify if not.
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Apr 2024