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Medical Secretary
The closing date is 24 July 2025
The post holder will work independently to provide a secretarial and administrative office function to the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Team. Duties will include transcribing medical correspondence, audio typing, undertaking mail and filing duties, retrieving patient's medical notes, and scheduling of theatre cases on TOMS system.
They will provide the relevant information to the Waiting List Team as and when required, dealing with patients, relatives, carers and external partners on a regular day to day basis using tact and diplomacy.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
The principal accountabilities of this post are:
Plan own day to day tasks and duties.
Undertake routine typing and audio typing of clinical correspondence.
Manage Consultant's diaries.
Prioritise results, organise clinical activity and patient admissions.
Liaise with patients, General Practitioners and other Health Boards/Trusts to arrange ongoing treatment and care.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
* We listen, learn and improve
* We treat everyone with respect
* We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click 'Apply Now' to view details in Trac.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* RSA/OCR Level III or equivalent level of knowledge, skills and experience
* Good standard of education
* Medical Secretary qualification eg. AMSPAR
* Knowledge of University Health Board procedures
* Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above
Experience
* Previous experience in a secretarial role
* Experience of working in a busy environment
* Experience of working in a hospital environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
£26,928 to £29,551 a yearper annum pro rata
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