Medical Secretary | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 June 2025 |
| Location: | Bournemouth, BH7 7DW |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7218105/153-ME04491-A |
Summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly organised, self-motivated Medical Secretary to work within Cardiology.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate excellent keyboard and audio typing skills. They will be expected to deliver and maintain a professional secretarial service to a Consultant Cardiologist and/or medical staff and other clinical staff within the department.
This role involves working as part of a team, but also on their own initiative, striving to offer the best service to our patients. You will need to be flexible and adaptable, possess excellent organisational skills whilst maintaining a friendly disposition and excellent telephone manner.
Base Location: Bournemouth
Interview Date: TBC
• Typing clinic/additional letters to GPs, patients and other Allied Health Professionals.
• Provide a fast, accurate audio typing service using the Trust electronic systems. Excellent Proof-reading skills
• Covering other secretaries during periods of absence.
• Clinic preparation.
• Diary Management.
• Process referrals and booking appointments.
• Relieve the Consultant of administrative tasks not pertaining to clinical work, wherever possible.
• To ensure the values of UHD are maintained and practised on a daily basis ensuring all patients are treated with dignity and respect to ensure a high standard of service is maintained.
General administration duties, as required.
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 team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a 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 at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Jun 2025
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