Job overview
The Medicine Directorate have two exciting opportunities available with the appropriate skills and experience to join our friendly, fast paced and proactive Cardiology Team.
You will have excellent communication skills, being able to display tact and diplomacy where appropriate. You will have a flexible approach to working within the team and respond effectively to enquiries from the general public, service users and other colleagues.
The successful applicants will be enthusiastic, experienced typists and have GCSE English and Maths grade C and above or equivalent as well as audio typing and word processing skills equivalent to RSA level 3.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit medical secretaries for the Cardiology Consultants, Clinical Nurse Specialists and wider team including the Cardiac Suite. You will be responsible for providing an effective and well-organised administrative service and for meeting the changing priorities within the department.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. GCSE grade C or above in English and Maths, or equivalent qualification.
2. Clerical/office administration experience preferably within a health care environment.
3. Comprehensive IT skills with knowledge of Microsoft packages.
Desirable criteria
4. RSA 2 or equivalent touch typing skills.
5. Able to demonstrate a flexible approach to working and willingness to support other teams when required.
6. Evidence of high level office administration skills.
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-
7. Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
8. Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
9. An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
10. Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
11. Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
12. An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
13. Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
14. Cycle to work scheme
15. Uniform provided (where required)
16. On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
17. On site health and fitness club
18. On site car parking (fee's and restrictions apply)
19. Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.