Job summary
To provide a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to the Breast Consultants and their teams.
To produce clinic letters and document, maintain notes collect and collate investigations and produce departmental rotas.
To respond efficiently and effectively to telephone queries from patients, parents/guardians and other healthcare professionals.
To work independently, prioritising and managing workload quickly and accurately, responding to the needs of the department.
To offer secretarial support to the admin team when other members of staff are away.
Main duties of the job
1. Audio typing clinic letters
2. Receive and produce correspondence
3. Assess and prioritise the urgency of messages for consultants
4. Provide support to other members of staff as appropriate
5. Use initiative, planning and organisational skills.
About us
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.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education and experience
Essential
6. Experience
7. Education and Qualifications
8. Knowledge and Skills
Desirable
9. Typing Skills
10. Experience
11. Knowledge