Medical Secretary; Band 3; Cardiology

Main area Medical Secretary Grade NHS AfC:
Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (09:00 - 17:00 Tuesday
- Friday) Job  

Employer Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Town Gateshead Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible

IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

PLEASE NOTE
it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.

All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.

Medical Secretary
- Part-Time - 30 hours per week
- Permanent

Applications are invited from hard working and organised individuals to provide a high quality secretarial and administrative service based within the Cardiology Department within the Medicine Business Unit. You will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

You should have previous secretarial/administrative experience, preferably within an acute medical setting. Good written and verbal communication skills are essential together with good organisational and planning skills. You should possess RSA/OCR III in Text/Word Processing or have the equivalent level of experience or be working towards this. You should also have knowledge of a range of secretarial procedures and software programmes.

A working knowledge of Care Flow(Patient Administration System) is also desirable. You should also have an understanding of medical terminology. NVQ Level III in Business Administration or equivalent experience is essential. An Audio typing certificate or relevant experience is desirable.

The post holder will be expected to prioritise their work on a daily basis using a significant amount of initiative and discretion in the discharge of all duties.

Duties will include typing of clinical correspondence. Co-ordinating multi- disciplinary team meetings, booking appointments, data collection and filing of orphan data. You will also be expected to retrieve case notes and record patient activity and outcomes on Careflow.

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

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