Band 3 Medical Secretary Birmingham, England
Job description
Job summary
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 3 Medical Secretary (30hrs per week) to join our friendly team and provide secretarial support within the Urology Department at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital (may require some cross site working). The successful candidate will be required to be a key member of the secretarial team, taking a lead role in supporting the Band 4 Medical Secretary/Supervisors and by providing a professional and high quality secretarial and administrative service at all times.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 3 part-time Medical Secretary (30hrs per week) to join our friendly secretarial team within the Urology Department at University Hospital Birmingham. The post will be based on Birmingham Heartlands Hospital site.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who relishes a challenge and is keen to use their own initiative. The successful candidate will be required to be a key member of the secretarial team, providing a professional and high quality secretarial and administrative service at all times.
You will be required to work to a high standard of accuracy and be able to demonstrate initiative in planning your own workload in a way that supports the Medical Secretary/Supervisors and the wider team. Our admin team is a part of a busy department and each Medical Secretary/Supervisor is a proactive secretary to the consultants and you will be required to help manage their day to day admin, booking admissions/appointments, importing documentation to electronic patient records, typing letters, liaising with patients and colleagues both internally and externally. You must be willing to assist the Medical Secretary/Supervisor, consultants and the department in providing the best possible care to our patient and service users in line with our trust values and mission statement.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
Job description
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
Good general education (eg GCSE English and Maths A-C) GCSE Level 9-4
Business Administration NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience in a clerical environment
Experience
Essential
Experience of dealing with the Public/Customer service experience
Experience of working with a range of Microsoft Office packages (eg Word, Excel and Outlook)
Experience of using IT systems
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.
