Job overview
Main duties of the job
1. To provide a comprehensive Medical Secretarial and Administration Service to the Department
2. Provide a full and comprehensive Medical Secretarial Service, including timely audio typing of clinic letters, letters, documents/presentations and compilation of administrative letters as required by the Consultant(s) and respective Team(s)
Please see attached Job description for further details
Working for our organisation
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! -
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
3. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
4. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
5. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
6. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
7. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
8. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
9. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
10. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
11. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
12. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Education, Qualification & Training
Essential criteria
13. GSCE Grade C or above/equivalent in English Language
14. RSA II Typing, or equivalent
15. Medical Secretarial Couse, Medical Terminology Course, or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
16. Experience of working within the NHS in a similar setting
17. Experience of working within a busy office environment
18. Experience of Microsoft Word
19. Experience of working in an environment dealing with highly confidential data
Skills, Abilities & Knowlegde
Essential criteria
20. Knowledge of Microsoft Office products
21. Good written and telephone communication skills, to enable liaison with staff at all levels
22. Ability to organise and prioritise a busy workload
23. Skilled in working in a team
24. Knowledge of Data Protection Act 1998, ability to maintain patient confidentiality
25. Ability to cover the other duties of Secretarial staff within the Department
26. Knowledge of Trust information systems
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
27. Willing to travel between the three main hospital sites within the Trust
28. Able to maintain a flexible approach to the role and duties
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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