Medical Secretary - Gastroenterology | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and enthusiastic individuals to join the CDC as a Medical Secretary supporting Consultants to work at the new and exciting Community Diagnostic Centre.
The post is full time or job share.
You will provide an effective and efficient Medical Secretary role to named Consultants within the CDC Gastroenterology service and as a team player you will be responsible for providing a full secretarial service to the Gastroenterology department.You will be required to use computerised systems such as Patient centre, PAS.
You will have previous secretarial experience and possess excellent organisation, communication, typing skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
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.- To provide senior medical secretarial service directly to named Consultants.
- 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 respond to enquiries received from GP’s 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 undertake any other duties as may be required as appropriate by the Consultant or line manager in accordance to the needs of the service.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Oct 2024