Senior Medical Secretary, Oncology, WRH
Job Description
Job summary
Senior Medical Secretaries - Clinical/Medical Oncology 18 hours per week
Based at the Worcestershire Oncology Centre within Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Due to the expansion of services, we are seeking highly organised and compassionate medical secretaries to join our existing team within the speciality of Medical/Clinical Oncology. As a vital member of our team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient administration of oncology services, providing essential support to our medical professionals and patients.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to provide a comprehensive secretarial service for the consultant oncologist and multi-disciplinary team in accordance with Trust/departmental policies and procedures.
You should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills in addition to a clear understanding of patient confidentiality. You must possess a good working knowledge of IT packages and the ability to work across a mixed skill team
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Senior administrative experience, i.e PA, Service Navigator, etc.
- Providing secretarial support to a clinical team.
Desirable
- Medical secretarial experience
- Experience of working in NHS or other large organisation
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Aware of self-presentation.
- Able to work under pressure/to deadlines.
- Attention to detail.
- Able to work as part of a team.
- Able to handle more than one job at once.
- Positive attitude and not resistant to change.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Audio typing.
- Good organisational, written and communication skills.
- Able to produce accurate and timely work.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
- Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.
- Excellent telephone manner.
- Use of Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel).
Desirable
- Knowledge of PAS Allscripts
- Medical Terminology.
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE or equivalent English & Maths
- RSA II or equivalent
Desirable
- EDCL
- AMSPAR Diploma/working towards or recognised training in medical secretarial work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
