Band 4 Medical Secretary - Burns and Plastics

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 4 Medical Secretary to join our secretarial team in the Burns and Plastics Department at Queen Elizabeth Hospitals Birmingham. The successful candidate will be a key member of the team, taking a lead role in supporting consultants and the surgical team by providing a professional and high quality secretarial and administrative service. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring our patients are actively monitored and supported throughout their surgical pathway.,

• To provide a complete confidential general and medical secretarial service for the Consultant(s). team. To be responsible for the organisation of meetings, preparation of agendas and taking of minutes. All work to be carried out on own initiative, without direct supervision and to tight deadlines, in order to achieve Trust standard and targets.
• To touch type from audio and / or shorthand the following documents: clinical letters; results letters. This requires an understanding of medical terminology, phraseology and medications, as well as high levels of concentration. Many documents may be of a complex or distressing nature.
• Knowledge and use of various Microsoft Office Software programmes including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access (database) to produce clinical letters and other relevant correspondence. Daily use of hospital intranet to provide information for Consultants, GPs and patients on forthcoming appointments, admissions and results of investigations.
• To provide day to day supervision to secretaries/clerical officers, allocating and monitoring work on a daily basis.
• Provide and be responsible for the training of Medical Secretary trainees.
  
  The successful candidate will ideally hold the following qualifications: GCSE or equivalent pass in English language, RSA III typing/word processing and the AMSPAR diploma or equivalent.
  
  We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to: Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives. UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work. University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.