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Job summary

Main area
Breast Unit
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
269-SFT8371-A
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury District Hospital
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Medical Secretary - Surgical Division

Band 3

 


Job overview

To provide a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to the Breast Consultants and their teams. 

To produce clinic letters and document, maintain notes collect and collate investigations and produce departmental rotas. 

To respond efficiently and effectively to telephone queries from patients, parents/guardians and other healthcare professionals.

To work independently, prioritising and managing workload quickly and accurately, responding to the needs of the department.

To offer secretarial support to the admin team when other members of staff are away.

Main duties of the job

  • Audio typing clinic letters
  • Receive and produce correspondence
  • Assess and prioritise the urgency of messages for consultants
  • Provide support to other members of staff as appropriate
  • Use initiative, planning and organisational skills.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Education and experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience
  • Education and Qualifications
  • Knowledge and Skills
Desirable criteria
  • Typing Skills
  • Experience
  • Knowledge

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident committedHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Liz Hayes
Job title
Admin Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722 336262
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