Medical Secretary - Respiratory (LCADS) | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L7 8YE |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6318580/287-RMED-148-24-A |
Summary
Fixed Term - 12 month opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic secretary to join our secretarial team within the Respiratory Medicine department based on the Royal Liverpool site of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
It is expected that all applicants have previous experience working in an NHS environment as a medical secretary along with a good understanding and knowledge of medical terminology and audio skills.
The successful candidate must be able to undertake all administrative duties, be well organised, able to plan their workload, work on their own initiative and work to strict deadlines both individually and as part of a team.
This role will focus entirely on supporting our LCADS Programme (Liverpool Community Airways Diagnostic Service) this is a joint venture between LUHFT and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital and the successful candidate will assume full responsibility for ensuring the smooth and efficient running of an already established service.
In line with funding, this post is being offered for a fixed term period of 12 months in the first instance.
The primary goal of this post is to support the LCADS programme, however, the successful candidate will be part of the wider secretarial team and may on occasion be called upon to undertake additional Medical Secretarial duties, some of which are listed below:-
To provide a comprehensive secretarial service to consultants and speciality teams including the following:
Transcribing (audio typing) letters on behalf of the clinical team and arranging appropriate follow up arrangements.
Managing the creation, reduction and cancellation of clinic templates on behalf of clinicians.
Liaising with all service users (patients, GPs, other Trusts) via the telephone and email, relaying messages to clinicians and responding to queries in a timely manner.
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.
Other general administration duties relevant to the role as listed in the job description.
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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To provide a comprehensive secretarial service to consultants and speciality teams including the following:
Transcribing (audio typing) letters on behalf of the clinical team and arranging appropriate follow up arrangements.
Managing the creation, reduction and cancellation of clinic templates on behalf of clinicians.
Liaising with all service users (patients, GPs, other Trusts) via the telephone and email, relaying messages to clinicians and responding to queries in a timely manner.
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.
Other general administration duties relevant to the role as listed in the job description
This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Jun 2024