Consultant secretary | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bournemouth, BH9 1HD |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7275214/153-SP04516-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.
- 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 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
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information and expectations of the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Jun 2025
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