Job summary
Employer heading
Medical Secretary
Band 3
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are looking for a friendly, hardworking individual with good communication skills to join our Renal secretarial team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. An ideal post for someone looking to develop their NHS career, the post holder will have a 'can do' attitude and have experience of working in a busy NHS environment.
The post holder will be directly responsible to the Renal Medical Secretary Supervisor and will work in close liaison with the consultants and their team. The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all patient correspondence is accurately sent to patients and their GPs in a timely fashion and referrals to be sent to the relevant teams. The day-to-day working relationships include face-to-face, telephone and electronic communication, other administrative and clerical staff, all staff groups within the Trust, numerous outside agencies including patients, their carers, GPs and other hospitals
Main duties of the job
Provide secretarial assistance to the Renal team ensuring the provision of an efficient and reliable service.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
EDUCATION
Essential criteria
- A-Levels or equivalent knowledge or experience
SKILLS/ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Able to meet deadlines
- Strong organisational skills
- Flexibility
- Basic IT literacy
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Administrative experience
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ginitha Sathianantham
- Job title
- Service Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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