Job Description Medical Secretary Administrator | Administration | Private Hospital | Washington | Permanent | Full time | 37.5 hours, Spire Washington has an amazing opportunity for a Medical Secretary Administrator to join a full time permanent basis Job Purpose To provide a quality professional and efficient support to the medical secretarial team delivering a full medical secretarial service to consultants. The post requires excellent communication skills and computer literacy. Accountabilities And Activities To provide day to day administration support within the medical secretary team ensuring all tasks are completed to a high level of service To support the medical secretaries with their typing by preparing the clinic letters with patients' information To answer patient queries, using tact and diplomacy when dealing with issues of a sensitive nature To file patients clinic letters into patients' medical records, ensuring high level of accuracy to comply with GDPR To scan in medical records from outpatient clinics to the medical secretary shelves in medical records ensuring you are complying with manual handling processes Comply with hospital policies and procedures, ensuring all mandatory training is completed Attend regular departmental meetings and keep up to date on all hospital matters relating to the medical secretary department Project a professional image, with concern for accuracy, confidentiality and customer service focused. Essential Qualifications and Training Maths and English or equivalent Previous relevant experience in an administrative support role Experience of working independently and on own initiative Working to deadlines Team working Computer skills Desirable Experience in a hospital environment Benefits We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to: 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays - pro rata Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers Free Car park Free DBS Free Uniform Private medical insurance Life assurance Our Values We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation: Driving clinical excellence Doing the right thing Caring is our passion Keeping it simple Delivering on our promises Succeeding and celebrating together We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward. Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people. Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.