Medical Secretary | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 June 2024 |
| Location: | Ashford, TN24 0LZ |
| Company: | East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6195577/344-5577WHH |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, dynamic, highly motivated, hardworking individual to join a friendly and dedicated team. The job role is varied and requires individuals who can adapt well, manage all duties effectively and be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
You will need to be reliable, flexible, and hard-working with excellent communication and IT skills. Delivery of deadlines is key to this role; you will be expected to work as a team member and also as an individual using your own initiative
Act as first point of contact on behalf of the consultant and the Trust and deal effectively and courteously with all enquiries from GPs, patients, other departments within the Trust and all other departments.
To ensure a smooth process and compliance to 18-week RTT.
Daily validation of 18-week RTT PTL, new and follow up PTL and diagnostic PTL’s.
Make and request appointments as appropriate, in line with government and local targets. Where this is not achievable, give notification promptly to line manager.
Transcribe from audio, copy type, edit all clinical letters and other correspondence as required by the consultant and team, ensuring layout, spelling, grammar and punctuation is consistent.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
This advert closes on Sunday 19 May 2024