Medical Secretary​/Senior Booking Clerk

Medical Secretary/Theatre Scheduler General Surgery

Band 3

37.5 hours per week - Monday Friday - Fixed Term until May 2027 to cover maternity leave

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Medical Secretary/Theatre Scheduler to join our General Surgery team at Rotherham General Hospital. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual. We are looking for someone with the following attributes to join our team:

RSA III / OCR or equivalent experience

Hard working and self‑motivated

Ability to work under pressure in order to meet deadlines

Excellent communication skills. Computer literate with excellent keyboard skills.

Good team player

Responsible to the Administration Manager for the provision of an efficient personal secretarial service to the Consultant Team and supporting staff.

To be responsible for the coordination and transcription of audio files to produce clinical letters, reports, etc., within acceptable time frames.

Manage consultant waiting lists and schedule theatres, book pre‑op assessment and maximise theatre utilisation.

• Knowledge of the Data Protection Act
• Knowledge and understanding of the 18 week policies
• Knowledge of national and local access targets

• Current experience of Microsoft word processing and spreadsheet packages
• Experience using databases
• Working under pressure/ meeting targets and deadlines
• Working as part of a team / under own initiative.
• Previous experience working as a medical secretary including medical audio transcription
• Previous experience in the organisation of minutes, including minute taking and the typing of minutes and agenda
• Maintain effective, accurate and efficient office systems including Meditech.

• If so, please provide the name of the organisation that referred you to enable us to validate and track your application.

• 3 GCSEs including English (or equivalent), Grade C or above / 4-7
• NVQ in customer services administration

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.

£25,760 to £27,476 a year, pro rata