Medical Secretary

Salary: £26,000 – £32,760 per year

Description:

An exciting opportunity has arisen, supporting a large Healthcare organisation as a Medical Secretary.

The post will be working in the South-Central region, full time on-site. This is an interim role for 1-2 months initially. The annual salary of will be between £26,000 – £32,760working inside IR35 (through an umbrella solution company).

The post holder will provide support to the consultants by carrying out secretarial duties.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide secretarial cover to consultants/senior management;
• Book appointments and schedule meetings;
• Receive and resolve telephone enquiries from patients, health care professionals, GP’s, and other people both inside and outside the hospital, at all levels;
• Passing on messages to the appropriate person make telephone calls on behalf of the Consultants and team;
• Review incoming and outgoing mail and action accordingly;
• Deal with emails to the consultants and prepare papers for meetings;
• Retrieve patient records and ensure that they are maintained in a tidy and up to date order, file all results, reports, and correspondence in accordance with the Health Records Policy and procedures;
• Minute taking of meetings and follow up on actions.

A successful candidate will have:

• Previous NHS/healthcare experience;
• Previous knowledge and experience of working in a busy office and/or customer care environment, undertaking a full range of administrative duties;
• Good interpersonal, communication and reporting skills;
• Ability to participate in meetings and transcribe good quality minutes and actions in a manner that reflects a knowledge and understanding of the meeting.