Senior Medical Secretary - Trauma & Orthopaedics

To provide an effective and efficient Senior Medical Secretary role to named Consultants within the Trauma & Orthopaedic service.

• To provide senior medical secretarial service directly to named Consultants.
• To ensure RTT (18 week pathway) status is recorded accurately and is up to date.
• To collate information for clinical audits if required.
• To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners and any other official correspondence i.e reports.
• Arranging appointments as required.
• Be responsible for arranging special tests requested by the Consultant or Junior Medical Staff.
• To be responsible for and collation of investigation results.
• Responsible for obtaining relevant investigation results from PACS and Intranet result service.
• To deal with day to day incoming mail, assigning priority and/or taking any necessary action without reference to Consultant staff if necessary and within remit.
• To ensure patient pathways are updated as appropriate
• To maintain patient records and track notes electronically in a manner acceptable to the Trust.
  
  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and enthusiastic individuals to join the medical secretarial team in the Surgery, GI and Critical Care Division at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
As a team player you will be responsible for providing a full secretarial service to the Trauma & Orthopaedic service within the Division. The post holder will be required to use computerised systems such as Patient Centre (Patient Administration System) Advantis and the Big Hand Digital dictation system. The successful candidate will have previous secretarial experience and will possess excellent organisation, communication, typing skills and the ability to work in a team environment.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service. Benefits we offer to you:
• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice