Support Secretary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join the Staffordshire Community Secretarial Team. The post holder will be required to provide an efficient support service to the Medical Secretaries in respect of NHS work. To work flexibly with or alongside medical secretarial staff, consultants and other teams when required. This will include cross-site working between the two community sites of Sir Robert Peel and Samuel Johnson Community Hospitals., Typing clinical correspondence - Answer the telephone and take messages and deal with queries when required - Assist in the upkeep of the departmental clinical information and general filing correspondence - Responsible for the regular case note maintenance and accurate filing - Effective liaison with the relevant wards and departments within the hospital and with patients and other health care providers - Responsible for monitoring of generic email

You will need to be a motivated team player with excellent communication skills. The ability to prioritise your own workload effectively and a willingness to learn are essential.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff