Medical Secretary - Rheumatology

This is an ideal opportunity for personal development enabling the post holder to develop their skills and knowledge working alongside medical and nursing staff within this busy, but friendly environment.

1. To provide a full secretarial service for the relevant departments, ensuring clinic letters, discharge summaries, medical reports are accurately generated using digital dictation within a 5-day turnaround

2. To work in close liaison with Operational Management, Team Leaders, medical staff/ clinicians to ensure that the patient's 18 week journey is not breached and targets are met.

3. Provide administration and secretarial support for the relevant speciality meetings which may require accurate minute taking

6. Liaise and mediate between patients, relatives, General Practitioners and all medical staff, exercising initiative and excellent interpersonal skills to ensure that such contact is sensitive, empathetic and effective.

7. To work cohesively as a team in a supportive environment.

8. Be able to work flexibly across the workforce model within the MECCS Division as a whole.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Education and qualifications

Experience

Essential: - Previous administration and/or secretarial experience; - Audio typing experience

Desirable: - Experience of working with a digital dictating system

Skills, ability and knowledge

Desirable: - Knowledge and use of medical terminology; - Knowledge of the Lorenzo computer system; - Awareness of H&S issues