Support Medical Secretary in Stockport

To assist in providing high quality, safe patient care through the delivery of an effective, efficient and responsive administrative and clerical service which meets the needs of the service. This will be achieved by working in a supportive team, supporting colleagues, other Trust services if required, the senior medical administration team and management, to ensure the team provide effective administrative tasks.

Main duties of the job:

• To provide typing support to the Medicine / Rheumatology Department.
• To provide clerical support to the Medicine / Rheumatology Department.
• To open mail, collate patient results and scan to electronic patient records.
• To process patient letters to prepare for postage.
• To understand and interpret functional/medical/legal terms and organisational policies.
• Ability to deal with non-routine issues such as problem solving.
• Act as the link between consultants, clinicians and other areas to ensure care is delivered in a coordinated and efficient way.

Working for our organisation:

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 actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods. 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.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities:

The post holder will deliver audio typing support for clinic correspondence. Specifically, the main duties of the role will involve clinic and results letters typing using BigHand and similar systems. The role is vital in ensuring patients are informed in a timely way, regarding their care pathways and requires good levels of concentration, proof reading skills and involves prolonged periods of typing for large periods of the day. The postholder will need to be able to understand and interpret functional/medical/legal terms and organisational policies and procedures, working with colleagues to ensure correct process is followed and ensure the smooth administration of patient flow.

Ability to deal with non-routine issues such as problem solving for an area of work or developing alternative or additional procedures primary to coordinate care plans. The role will be linked to a system that supports departments and business groups to ensure typing is available to cover for shortages and peaks in demand across departments. Outputs will be measured using a set of performance measures to ensure consistency and high quality, timely service provision. Act as the link between consultants, clinicians, the booking team and other areas to ensure care is delivered in a coordinated and efficient way.

Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility:

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role is unfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Health and Care Worker visa route. This is due to the position not meeting the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 per annum and/or the required skill level set by UK Visas and Immigration. We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.

Person specification:

Skills Essential criteria:

• Appropriate ICT/keyboard skills/audio typing skills/medical terminology qualifications or demonstrable equivalent experience.

Knowledge Essential Criteria:

• Knowledge of secretarial and administrative procedures and systems.

Education Essential Criteria:

• Good general standard of education to GCSE level C or above in English and maths or equivalent or relevant experience.

RTT Desirable criteria:

• Understanding of RTT and cancer targets and ability to ensure smooth care pathways.