An exciting opportunity has arisen at Moss house CMHT, Liverpool, for a highly motivated and enthusiastic part time Support Medical Secretary to join our Administrative Team supporting the Out patient team
The post holder will provide a comprehensive and professional secretarial support service to an excellent standard, ensuring a high level of accuracy to the Mental Health Care Division.
The post holder is expected to work closely with the services to type clinical correspondence in a timely manner to to achieve KPIs.
The post holder will be expected to work with a flexible approach, maintaining confidentiality at all times when dealing with service user/staff information.
The post holder should have a good working knowledge of medical terminology and a willingness to expand on that knowledge to providesupport to different specialities.The post holder will be able to demonstrate flexibility and use own initiative to carry out duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation, thus enabling the medical team to utilise their time in an efficient manner.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a comprehensive professional support secretarial service to an excellent standard ensuring a high level of accuracy to the Mental Health Care Division.
Successful applicants will be able to organise their own workload and co-ordinate workload activities with other Medical Secretaries in the team.
The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and a friendly telephone manner.
There is a need to be able to work to tight deadlines and withstand the pressure of a busy department and it is essential that you are able to work on your own
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job responsibilities
Please refer the the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Skills
* Excellent communication skills both verbally and non verbally
* Excellent organisational skills
* Ability to maintain confidentiality
* Ability to organise own duties and prioritise tasks within agreed timescales
* Ability to undergo further training as necessary
* Ability to uphold Trusts professional standards
Experience/Knowledge
* Experience of working as a medical secretary
* Experience of information systems
* Knowledge of medical terminology
* Willingness to gain understanding of local targets in order to take active part in achieving targets relevant to the role
* Flexible working approach
* Professional, caring, compassionate and empathic attitude
* Experience/knowledge of people experiencing mental health issues
* Experience of working in a health care setting
Qualifications
* RSA111 or equivalent
* Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office
* AMSAPAR Diploma 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.
£24,937 to £26,598 a yearper annum, pro rata
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