Support Medical Secretary
| Posting date: | 30 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,465.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24465.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 August 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL6 8DH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9216-25-0987 |
Summary
1. Prioritise own workload including, printing of letters from Medisight and medical reports for both the medical secretaries and MTC Admin Team.. 2 2. Support the Medical Secretaries with daily outcome checks. Responsible for prioritising all correspondence, in paper or electronic format, in line with Trust policies. Maintaining a satisfactory record and filing system. Using own initiative to ensure that the medical team are aware when urgent response is required. Responsible for ensuring that all results, reports and letters are accurately filed in medical notes/Scanned to Medisight. Take appropriate actions with regard to telephone calls from patients, GPs and other agencies using initiative, within Trust guidelines. Ensure effective communication with all members of the multi-disciplinary team. Responsible for ensuring Consultants referrals are prioritised and made available to the outpatient waiting list team within the Trusts Waiting List Policy Guidelines. Responsible for ensuring that appropriate clinic follow up, such as adding to waiting list, distribution of CVI forms, requesting further investigations (eg CT/MRI/Xray/Ultrasound) or requesting results, are actioned in a timely manner and in line with Trust policies. Proactively manage those patients sent for results and photographs, ensuring that Consultant /or Medical team see them and action in a timely manner. At the direction of the Support Manager, required to provide emergency cover for other colleagues during annual leave/sickness or peak workloads when able to do so, including covering reception when required due to team meetings. For further details please see the attached JD & PS