Medical Secretary

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our busy Surgical Teams as a Medical Secretary based at various sites across Northumbria. Applications are invited from a suitably qualified and experienced candidates to join our busy administrative team to provide secretarial support to the Surgical Team in Various Specialities.

These post will be working full time Monday to Friday.

There are 2 posts available. Exact Specialities to be agreed at interview.

Previous Applicants need not apply.

To provide a full secretarial service to the Surgical Teams, Consultants, Nurses and their teams.

The successful candidate will provide transcription, administrative and secretarial support service to the team. The post holder must be able to use own initiative, work under pressure, keep to strict deadlines and have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.

Knowledge of IT packages and their applications is essential. Support on the use of the G2 software package will be provided within the surgical directorate. ECDL and knowledge of PAS and previous experience of working within the healthcare environment would be desirable.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

To provide general office support to the wider teams where necessary.

To provide secretarial support to consultants and other team members including typing dictated correspondence and dealing with discharge summaries and related referrals to other healthcare professionals, receive communication and bring to attention of the relevant consultant.

To deputise for more senior role providing office co-ordination and management when covering sickness absences and annual leave.