An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated individual to join us as a Support Secretary. You will join the established team to support the B4 medical secretaries and the Oncology Head and Neck Team
This is Part time Permanent position. It will be working 30hrs per week.
You will be enthusiastic, flexible, willing to learn, eager to play an effective part in a busy team environment and be able to use your own initiative.
You will need to have experience of audiotyping and copy typing and ideally have worked within a healthcare environment with medical secretarial experience and knowledge of medical terminology.
When applying for this position, please refer to the person specification and demonstrate within your application form how you meet the criteria, providing examples where possible.
When applying for this position, please refer to the person specification and demonstrate within your application form how you meet the criteria, providing examples where possible.
- Type clinical correspondence, treatment summaries and annotations, ensuring compliance with turnaround time/ targets and ensure that office instructions are followed/ referred to the PA/Medical Secretary as appropriate.
- To carry out discharge process for patients who have been discharged from the service.
- Ensure accurate input of patient details when entering data on to information databases and Patient Administration System (Careflow), including routine use of case note tracking system.
- Deal professionally with phone calls from relatives/patients, which could be emotional and of a sensitive nature.
- Liaise with team members to ensure stationery stock is kept replenished.
- Closely liaise with Clinic Managers and PA/Medical Secretaries to ensure new patient referrals are registered on Careflow, triaged, and subsequently appointed in accordance with clinical instructions. Liaise with PA/Medical Secretary to ensure accurate booking of clinical appointments for both new and review patients.
- Liaise with internal and external departments to arrange clinical investigations and procedures.
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe, and an international leader in cancer research and development.
You will be working in a supportive and engaged team environment, with a management team who will enable you to broaden your experience and develop a wide range of skills.
All flexible working arrangements will be considered, and applicants are invited to make informal contact should they wish to discuss the role and its remit further.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Anne-Marie McGillion Job title: Assistant Service Manager Email address: Annemarie.mcgillion@nhs.net Telephone number: 0161 918 7761
