Support Medical Secretary

At present, University Hospitals of North Midlands is unable to offer visa sponsorship for Band 2 to Band 4 roles, as these positions do not meet the minimum salary and skill thresholds required under UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations.

The successful candidate will be required to support in the delivery of a comprehensive administrative service. This will involve inpatient and outpatient waiting list management for a speciality, Medical secretary to Cardiothoracic consultants, in accordance with the Patient Access Policy, communicating appointments and admission related information to patients and carers and typing correspondence within performance targets as appropriate.

The post holder will be based at a UHNM site. The post holder will have a Consultant(s) allocated to them. They will also provide support for the MDT Co\-ordinator.

The post holder is required to support the Team Leader Medical Secretary in the delivery of a comprehensive administrative service to a specialty team. This will involve management for, communicating appointment and admission related information to patients and carers and/or typing correspondence as appropriate.

This role is a medical secretary role and includes all office duties, typing letters, clinic alterations, answering telephone calls, using software packages such as Microsoft, Careflow, IPortal, along with other office based duties. This is not an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities.

We are looking to appoint a Medical Secretary/MDT Co\-ordinator to join the Diabetes and Endocrinology Secretarial team. You will have experience of administration duties and dealing with members of the public.

The ideal candidate will have:

Excellent communication skills

Outstanding empathy and compassion

Able to use their own initiative

Organisational Skills

Experience of UHNM hospital systems e.g. Careflow, e\-referrals, iportal

Experience of Microsoft Office packages

Clinical typing experience

Understanding of clinics and appointments

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke\-on\-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co\-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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