Medical Secretary - Cellular Pathology
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within South West London Pathology based Cellular Pathology at St Georges hospital. We are looking for a highly motivated medical secretary to ensure the provision of comprehensive secretarial and administrative support at a senior level to the Consultant body, Clinical Fellows, Registrars and Advanced Practitioners in the Cellular Pathology Department.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties/Key Results Areas: Focusing, where possible, on outcomes qualitative as well as quantitative.
The following responsibilities are common to all posts in the Trust and should be included at some point in the job description.- To support the Cellular Pathology medical and non-medical staff in the delivery of a high quality diagnostic service.
- To provide efficient and high quality secretarial and administrative support to the Cellular Pathology consultant team; including all non-medical and junior medical staff.
- To provide administrative/secretarial support for the perinatal service during periods of high activity and cover in the absence of the perinatal secretary.
- To work in close co-operation with staff and other health professionals to ensure a first class service.
Working for our organisation
South West London Pathology is an award winning pathology partnership between four leading Hospital Trusts – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust – designed to provide an integrated, high quality pathology service for hospitals and GPs across South West London, by bringing together the best of each Trust’s service and providing them within a single organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
**Previous applicants need not apply**
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Good general education including GSCE in Maths or English and A-levels (or equivalent)
- Typing speed of 40 WPM minimum
- RSA III or equivalent, or equivalent skills and experience
- Customer Care course (or equivalent experience)
Experience
Essential criteria- Secretarial / Administration experience of which at least 2 years should have been spent as a medical secretary
- Experience of working within a hospital
- Experience in establishing/maintaining robust office systems
- Experience of working with patients with complex needs
- Experience of working with different professional groups
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to work unsupervised
- Computer/word processing skills including use of email (eg ability to create directories, documents, mail merge, etc.)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to use iCLIP and the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) or equivalent
- Ability to use Excel / Powerpoint / Access