Medical Secretary - General Surgery in Stockport

Stockport Full-Time No working from home possible

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To provide an effective and efficient Senior Medical Secretary role to named Consultants within the General Surgery service.,

To provide senior medical secretarial service directly to named Consultants.
To ensure RTT (18 week pathway) status is recorded accurately and is up to date.
To collate information for clinical audits if required.
To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners and any other official correspondence i.e reports.
Arranging appointments as required.
Be responsible for arranging special tests requested by the Consultant or Junior Medical Staff.
To be responsible for and collation of investigation results.
Responsible for obtaining relevant investigation results from PACS and Intranet result service.
To deal with day to day incoming mail, assigning priority and/or taking any necessary action without reference to Consultant staff if necessary and within remit.
To ensure patient pathways are updated as appropriate.
To respond to enquiries received from GPs and other Health Personnel, patients and relatives.
To maintain patient records and track notes electronically in a manner acceptable to the Trust.
Engage in the use of Evolve and all other electronic patient notes system.
To observe absolute confidentiality of all information obtained in the course of your work.
To liaise with Health Records/Appointments staff regarding outpatient clinic numbers, urgent appointments and Consultant/Junior Medical Staff annual leave.
To actively participate in the introduction of and use of information technology.
To cover, as practical, other secretarial team members absences.
To undertake any other duties as may be required as appropriate by the Consultant or line manager in accordance to the needs of the service.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and enthusiastic individuals to join the medical secretarial team in the Surgery, GI and Critical Care Division at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

As a team player you will be responsible for providing a full secretarial service to the General Surgery department within the Division. The post holder will be required to use computerised systems such as Patient Centre (Patient Administration System) Advantis and the BigHand Digital dictation system. The successful candidate will have previous secretarial experience and will possess excellent organisation, communication, typing skills andthe ability to work in a team environment.,

Qualifications

RSA II or equivalent
5 GCSE inc English, AMSPAR medical qualification or equivalent experience, Prioritising workloads
Excellent communication skills, Experience within an NHS/Healthcare setting
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
NHS pension scheme membership
Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
NHS Staff discounts
Cycle to work scheme
Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

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