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Medical Secretary
The closing date is 26 August 2025
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Team as a medical secretary within Haematology at North Tyneside General Hospital.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates to join our busy administrative team to provide secretarial support to the Haematology Consultants and wider clinical teams.
This post will be based at North Tyneside General Hospital but the post holder may be required to work at other sites within the Trust.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
"Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made."
Main duties of the job
To provide a full time secretarial service to the Haematology Consultants and wider clinical Teams.
The successful candidate will provide transcription, administrative and secretarial support service to the team. The post holder must be able to use own initiative, work under pressure, keep to strict deadlines and have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
Knowledge of IT packages and their applications is essential. Support on the use of the G2 software package will be provided within the Clinical Support and Cancer Services directorate. ECDL and knowledge of PAS and previous experience of working within the healthcare environment would be desirable.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job responsibilities
Provide comprehensive secretarial service to specialist Haematology consultant(s) and their team.
Manage diaries, arrange/minute meetings, communication with GPs & patients.
Advanced typing & transcription of clinical & non-clinical documents (OCR 3 or equivalent qualification/experience)
Support effective utilisation of OP clinic capacity.
Support management of all patient journeys including target administration e.g. GP referrals, 18 week RTT, typed communication to GPs.
Support Lead Team Secretary with induction/training of new staff, sharing knowledge with colleagues.
Resource management ordering of supplies & equipment.
Allocates work to Band 2 staff.
Please note we reservetherightto close this vacancy prior totheclosing date oncetherequired number of suitable applications have been received.
Person Specification
Experience
* Knowledge of a range of computer packages including Excel, Word, Power point, Out look.
* Knowledge of medical terminology
* Knowledge of Access Microsoft package
* Experience of working in the NHS
Qualifications
* RSA 3 or equivalent experience
* GCSE English language grade C or above or equivalent experience
* GCSE English language grade C or above or equivalent experience
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.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£24,937 to £26,598 a yearpro rata per annum
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