Medical Secretary - Obstetrics & Gynaecology

+ To work as part of a speciality team providing full secretarial support for the consultants and junior medical staff in the team.
+ The post holder will work closely with the Team in ensuring that all clinics are typed speedily and accurately according to the guidelines laid down by the Trust., + To work as part of a speciality team. Responsible for the typing of all correspondence relating to outpatients and inpatients as well as typing departmental correspondence.
+ Receives enquiries from patients and staff, resolving straightforward enquiries and forwarding more complex issues to the most appropriate member of the team. Liaise professionally with all departments regarding admissions, waiting lists, ad hoc ward attenders and cancellations ensuring hospital policies are adhered to.
+ To organise meetings and appointments for the consultants and the speciality team and make adjustments in line with agreed protocols where necessary. To set up and maintain filing systems ensuring all documents are accurately and are appropriately archived.
+ To obtain investigation results and exercise judgement to ensure that medical attention is urgently drawn to histology and urgent telephoned results and all results are filed in the patient's records.
+ To take responsibility for tracking patients notes in the office. To open and distribute post, prioritising any urgent post and ensuring relevant documentation is attached in addition to acting promptly and appropriately to all e-mail correspondence.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women's, children's, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot., The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.
In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.