Admin / Medical Secretary

We are seeking to recruit a Medical Secretary to provide a comprehensive & confidential administration support for the consultant Psychiatrist and manage the admin support for the MARAC which is attended in rotation by all the team leads in Barnsley.

The successful candidate will be part of the admin Team to assist a high-quality reception and general administrative service for our service users, visitors & clinical staff at our James Barnes Centre, Kendray Hospital, ensuring confidentiality at all times.

NVQ Level 3 Business Administration (or equivalent), or RSA/OCR llI typing or word processing (or equivalent), Essential organisational skills to be able to plan Doctors diary and arrange meetings.

Minute taking.

Excellent customer service/telephone skills to enable to manage the busy phonelines to the service.

This role is part of a wider Admin Team, and crucial to be able to use your own initiative and also work as part of a team.

Maintain organisation of room bookings held at James Barnes Centre.

You must have an ability to be flexible and a willingness to adapt to change in order to meet the demands of the post.

You must have excellent verbal & written communication skills and have good interpersonal skills.

Good general organised administrative skills to follow admin processes.

Experience of electronic client clinical systems are advantageous but not essential as training will be given.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.