Consultant Secretary | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2025 |
| Location: | Bournemouth, BH7 7DW |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6962171/153-SP04085-A |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Medical Secretary to join our gynaecology team at UHD.
The post holder must be IT literate and ideally familiar with hospital computer systems including eCamis, EPR, and Soliton. Previous secretary experience is essential.
Required qualities include: efficient, a capable communicator, have audio typing experience, be a team player, organised, have the ability to prioritise own workload, maintain discretion and be able to work in a busy environment.
Base - Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date - TBC
• To provide a high standard medical secretarial and administrative
support to Women’s Health Consultants and their teams, including
managing electronic diary of appointments, word processing, filing,
audiotyping, photocopying and composition of letters, booking clinical appointments.
• To deal with complex routine and non-routine queries from patients,
visitors, clinicians and other internal or external parties.
• To receive and communicate difficult sensitive and confidential
information, using tact and persuasion skills whilst communicating with anxious/distraught patients and relatives often with language and communication difficulties.
• To prepare appropriate responses and requests for Consultants and
medical staff.
• To be a focal point of contact for Gynaecology queries via email, phone and in person.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information and expectations of the role.
This advert closes on Sunday 9 Feb 2025
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