Senior Medical Secretary | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
You will be working as part of a team of 6 medical secretaries and 10 Stroke consultants with support of the Operational team.
The role is responsible for managing a team of medical secretaries and providing comprehensive administrative, clerical and transcription support to Consultants and their teams.- Follow the Delivering Performance process for the team, consider training and development requirements
- Support and develop an effective induction process
- Co-ordinate team leave, using Healthroster, and ensure appropriate service cover is maintained
- Manage and monitor sickness absence of their team, reporting as necessary to Human Resources, Payroll and senior management
- Manage the recruitment, selection and induction processes for new staff, ensuring policies and procedures are followed
- Ensuring effective communication through regular team meetings
- Monitor the work environment to meet health and safety standards and recommend areas of improvement
- Manage order and monitor all equipment and supplies within the department considering budgetary guidelines
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country.Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
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If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
This advert closes on Friday 21 Mar 2025