NS251625 - Medical Secretary

Medical Secretary, Band 4, 18 hours per week, Permanent
Acute Stroke

The Medical Secretarial Service have a vacancy for Medical Secretary to join the Acute Stroke Team at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. This exciting opportunity would be ideal for an experienced secretary or administrator looking to expand on their existing knowledge or move in to the medical secretarial team.

The post holder will work as part of the Medical Secretary Team in the Acute Stroke Department at ARI to provide secretarial and administrative support to a team of Consultants and their medical and nursing staff.

This is a very busy but rewarding post in a fast-paced specialty with a high volume of patients. The post includes a fast turnaround of typing, liaising with multiple services for patient pathway, typing correspondence, answering patient queries, and use of Trakcare for the management of the awaiting results, monitoring a generic mailbox, alongside other administrative and PA tasks.

The ideal candidate should have previous Medical Secretary experience or experience in a similar role such as Legal Secretary, PA, or Team Secretary. You should have experience of scheduling of appointments/diary management, and excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. The ability to touch type with experience of transcription of documents from audio files is also essential. Knowledge of medical terminology and NHS experience in an administrative role would be advantageous, but not essential.

The Medical Secretarial Service provides secretarial and administration support to medical, surgical, and clinical teams across the acute sector of NHS Grampian. The team consists of Medical Secretaries, Audio Typists, Administrators, Filing Clerks, Receptionists, Trainers, PAs, and the Management Team.

There are opportunities for expansion and progression within the Medical Secretarial Service, including expanding your knowledge in to various other medical, surgical, or clinical services, or over time developing in to supervisory, training, or management roles.

Interviews are planned for Monday 31st August.

For informal enquiries please contact Leanne Roy Tel: / leanne.royt or Jess Cran Tel: jess.crant

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.