Position Overview & Specifications
We have an exciting opportunity to join team QEH as a Senior Medical Secretary.
for The post holder will provide an efficient, confidential and reliable service to specialty teams. This will include administrative and secretarial support to enable the provision of patient care and specialty services. Good communication skills essential to ensure a proficient, high quality service for patients and clinicians. The post-holder will be expected to work as part of a Specialist Team and will report to the Medical Secretary Manager and Deputy Manager.
If this role fits your profile then we would love to have you as part of our team.
***PLEASE NOTE: When sufficient qualified applicants have been received this post will be closed***
You will provide full secretarial support to a specific Consultant and his/her team within the Medical Secretariat, largely working on your own initiative.
You will liaise with the other medical secretaries and colleagues in the team to ensure a smooth transference of information within the service.
You should be well organised and used to dealing with the public, ensuring confidentiality, efficiency and politeness.
You must be able to prioritise your own workload.
A sound knowledge of audio typing and medical terminology is desirable for the post. Experience of the Patient Centre system in accordance with Trust procedures. Assist in a timely way the co-ordination of care pathways (full training will be given).
You will be required to work to a very high standard, as would be expected of a Senior Medical Secretary.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech.
In February 2022, the significant progress that has been made at QEH in just three years since 2019 was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures). We have an absolute determination to continuously improve care and services for our patients and their families.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.
Corporate Services: http://www.qehkl.nhs.uk/document/divisional-booklets/Introducing_Corporate_Services.pdf
for The post holder will provide an efficient, confidential and reliable service to specialty teams. This will include administrative and secretarial support to enable the provision of patient care and specialty services. Good communication skills essential to ensure a proficient, high quality service for patients and clinicians. The post-holder will be expected to work as part of a Specialist Team and will report to the Medical Secretary Manager and Deputy Manager.
If this role fits your profile then we would love to have you as part of our team.
***PLEASE NOTE: When sufficient qualified applicants have been received this post will be closed***
You will provide full secretarial support to a specific Consultant and his/her team within the Medical Secretariat, largely working on your own initiative.
You will liaise with the other medical secretaries and colleagues in the team to ensure a smooth transference of information within the service.
You should be well organised and used to dealing with the public, ensuring confidentiality, efficiency and politeness.
You must be able to prioritise your own workload.
A sound knowledge of audio typing and medical terminology is desirable for the post. Experience of the Patient Centre system in accordance with Trust procedures. Assist in a timely way the co-ordination of care pathways (full training will be given).
You will be required to work to a very high standard, as would be expected of a Senior Medical Secretary.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech.
In February 2022, the significant progress that has been made at QEH in just three years since 2019 was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures). We have an absolute determination to continuously improve care and services for our patients and their families.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.
Corporate Services: http://www.qehkl.nhs.uk/document/divisional-booklets/Introducing_Corporate_Services.pdf