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Job summary

Main area
Diabetes and Endocrine
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 20 hours per week (4 days a week)
Job ref
434-IM6807675
Employer
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wycombe Hospital
Town
High Wycombe
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/12/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Medical Secretary -Diabetes and Endocrine

Band 3

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

  • provide specialist spinal services at our world renownedÌýNational Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
  • nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
  • regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
  • deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.Ìý

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

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Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Medical Secretary to work as part of a the administration team based at Wycombe Hospital.Ìý

To provide a comprehensive Medical Secretarial and Administration Service to the Department in strict accordance with GDPR and Trust confidentiality guidelines, ensuring all work is processed in a timely, efficient way.

ÌýProvide a full and comprehensive Medical Secretarial Service, including timely audio typing of clinic letters and documents, organize group clinic sessions and general administration required by the Diabetes Specialist Nursing Team. This may involve correction of incorrect grammar and interpretation of different pronunciations and handwritten clinical notes of advanced medical terminology.

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Main duties of the job

  • To provide a support administration service within the department. To undertake accurate audio/copy typing (including digital) of medical correspondence and general administration for a team of Diabetes Specialist Nurses. This could include highly sensitive and complex medical terminology with a need for confidentiality
  • Use Care Records Service for checking patients in and out, making appointments, tracking medical notes etc.
  • To receive and open mail, to action routine/non-routine and urgent correspondence, drawing the necessary items to the attention of the person(s) concerned
  • To assist with the daily management of clinic lists and booking of priority patients into clinics
  • To exercise initiative in dealing with enquiries from the patients/relatives, general practitioners and individual departments both on the telephone and in person. Reassuring patients (carers/relatives if appropriate) waiting for appointments, test results and commencement of treatment. To take appropriate action where this is required
  • To act as part of a departmental team, thus providing secretarial and administrative services as necessary for colleagues in their absence

Working for our organisation

Listen to why colleagues think we’re a great place to work!Ìý

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

  • As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
  • We offer flexible and agile workingÌýopportunities,Ìýalongside your NHS benefits ofÌýgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andÌýaccess toÌýNHS discount schemes.ÌýÌý
  • We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

ÌýWhy work for us?

  • We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
  • As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
  • Greater diversity withinÌýourÌýBHT familyÌýimprovesÌýpositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.Ìý
  • A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

ÌýWhat do we stand for?

  • Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
  • Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
  • Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE Grade C or above/equivalent in English Language
  • RSA II Typing, or equivalent
  • Medical Secretarial Course/ Medical Terminology Course, or ability to demonstrate equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working within the NHS in a similar setting
  • Experience of working within busy office environment
  • Experience of word processing
  • Experience of audio-typing
  • Ability to work with highly confidential data, and to maintain patient confidentiality
  • Good working knowledge of MS Office

Special Circumstances

Essential criteria
  • Willing to travel between the three hospital sites within the Trust
  • Able to maintain a flexible approach to the role and duties

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

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
Julie Hicken
Job title
General Manager
Email address
[email protected]