Personal Medical Secretary - Haematology

Job overview

Haematology Personal Medical Secretary

Permanent 22.5 hours per week

Pathology Medical Secretary to provide a comprehensive administrative service to the Consultant Haematologists, Haematology/Transfusion Team and the Pathology Management Team, Pathology Quality Manager, Nurse Specialists, Directorate, Departmental and some Trust-wide committees.

Assist in the organisation of the Consultants workloads and being the first point of contact for all forms of communication.

Manage your workload and co-ordinate activities with other team secretaries to ensure that an efficient service is provided.

Carry out duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation of the work. It is essential that you exercise initiative commensurate with the role and it is vital that confidentiality is maintained at all times.

Please see the attached documents, which provide a detailed overview of the Job Description and Person Specification. These documents outline the key duties, responsibilities, required qualifications, skills, experience, and competencies associated with the role for your review and consideration.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Please see the attached documents, which provide a detailed overview of the Job Description and Person Specification. These documents outline the key duties, responsibilities, required qualifications, skills, experience, and competencies associated with the role for your review and consideration.

• We are Kind
• We are Open
• We are Inclusive

• RSA/OCRIII typing or equivalent
• Work processing skills
• Audio-typing skills
• Knowledge of medical terminology

• AMSPAR or equivalent experience
• Shorthand skills/speed writing

• Excellent IT skills with knowledge of experience of Microsoft office products

• 2 years' experience as medical secretary
• Previous experience within the NHS

• Self-motivated and able to work with limited supervision
• Ability to manage difficult/sensitive situations
• Able to use own initiative and manage/prioritise own workload
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to accurately maintain computerised and manual filing/documentation system
  
  Ability to work as part of a team