Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a first class secretary who has excellent interpersonal skills and a calm and methodical approach to provide essential secretarial/administration duties to a Consultant & the team within our Breast & Skin Surgery department. Principle duties include audio typing, report typing, diary management, arranging meetings, pulling notes, filing, distribution of post, using hospital PAS system and other databases and liaison with other healthcare professionals. You will be expected to have an excellent telephone manner, be courteous and efficient and have an excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel spreadsheets, emails, use of an electronic diary etc. Advert To provide a full range of medical secretarial & personal assistant service to your consultants and their team, including full organisational support. Working for our organisation Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding. Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us. Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible. A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo Detailed job description and main responsibilities To work as part of a team and manage own workload, demonstrate efficient organisation and oversee the smooth effective operation of the office. To ensure procedures and working practices are in place so that the specialty and Trust can deliver a service that meets the standards and targets that have been set. To provide a considerate, patient focused service in all dealings with patients and with staff around the hospital and throughout the whole system