Medical Secretary - Cardiology

Dorchester, South West England, United Kingdom Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Outstanding Care, Outstanding Careers

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Secretary to join the Cardiology team . This is a permanent, full-time position working 37.5 hours per week.

This is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated, enthusiastic and organised individual. The appropriate candidate would need to have a good telephone manner, experience of audiotyping and use of IT systems in a working environment.

Main duties of the job

We welcome applications from candidates who want to join us as we explore the implementation of digitalisation of administrative systems and to deliver efficient and sustainable patient centred services across the care group.

The post holder will have excellent communication skills, and organised and methodical in their approach. You will be involved with a wide range of duties including clinic typing, telephone enquiries, minute taking and consultant admin.

The post holder must have the ability to organise and prioritise their workload effectively, work as part of the team and by use their own initiative.

Right to Work in the UK: This role is not available for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to support visa applications for this post in line with UKVI Regulations.

Working for our organisation

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to work in partnership to provide high quality, compassionate services and to nurture an environment where people can be at their best. Our vision is healthier lives, empowered citizens, thriving communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.

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For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, including English at Grade C or above
• RSA stage III Word-processing or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Secretarial experience within the last 4 years in a Healthcare setting
• Experience of working with computer systems, to include Microsoft Office and PAS
• Experience of working with staff at all levels

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Evidence of secretarial skills including excellent audio typing and minute taking
• Evidence of effective communication skills both written and oral
• Evidence of ability to respond quickly to changing priorities, organising own workload to meet deadlines
• Evidence of ability to work without direct supervision within broad procedural guidelines
• Evidence of ability to build and maintain good working relationships within a team
• To be able to demonstrate integrity and professionalism when dealing difficult situations
• An understanding of the meaning of confidentiality and the requirement for this to be maintained

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of ability to exercise judgment when dealing with queries and to analyse and resolve problems
• Familiarity with using PAS (Patient Administration System) desirable, however training can be provided

Our Mission

Outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them.
Our Vision

Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.
Our Values

Integrity, Respect, Teamwork, Excellence

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We would welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

For more information, please use the link below to read our joint strategy for Dorset County Hospital and Dorset Healthcare.