We currently have an opportunity for a suitably experienced secretary to join our team of Clinical Support Secretaries within our Medical Secretariat.
The available position is for 18.75 hours per week for 12 months, based at our Leigh Site. Hybrid working (a combination of office days and working from home days) may be considered after a period of training.
This role is ideal for those wishing to pursue a career as a medical secretary, offering opportunities to gain knowledge and experience across multiple specialties to facilitate progression to a higher level.
This interesting & varied role requires the ability to work well on your own initiative whilst being committed to teamwork to ensure work is completed to meet Trust targets. You must possess the ability to manage a variety of tasks & prioritise these accordingly whilst working under pressure. Good communication skills and the ability to deal with confidential & sensitive issues in a professional manner are essential.
When completing your supporting statement, please refer to the person specification, demonstrating in your application how you match all points, providing examples of experience, understanding, and transferable skills.
Please also indicate all of the specialties that you have experience of typing for, where applicable.
You will be working in a busy environment within the ‘virtual’ Clinical Secretary pool within a small team to designated specialties. You will be providing an efficient audio typing service using our Digital Dictation System, together with our existing Patient Information Systems. You will support our Consultant PAs, ensuring that patient and GP correspondence is typed and dispatched within a timely manner.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be qualified to RSA III or equivalent or have proven experience of audio-typing and providing a secretarial / audio-typing service. You will also need to be able to type accurately at speeds of around 40 – 50 words per minute. Knowledge of medical terminology and/or an AMSPAR qualification will be a distinct advantage. Previous secretarial experience within a hospital or other medical environment would also be advantageous.
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff, believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognized track record in staff engagement and living our values.
WWL is committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, providing safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We seek to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Temandra Dennis
Job title: Deputy HCA Manager - Medical Secretaries
Email: temandra.dennis@wwl.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01942 264352
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