Band 4 Senior Medical Secretary - ENT

The post holder will provide a comprehensive and efficient secretarial service to the Consultant(s) and their medical team. By personally assisting with the administrative workload, the Medical Secretary -- Supervisor will enable the Consultant(s) to optimise clinical commitment. It is essential that the post holder exercises initiative and judgement using acquired skills and knowledge, maintaining confidentiality at all times. The post holder will provide an empathic and sensitive point of contact for patients/relatives and carers. They will be responsible for the day to day training and supervision of other medical secretaries/clerical support workers.,

• To provide a complete confidential general and medical secretarial service for the Consultant(s) and their medical team. To be responsible for the organisation of meetings, preparation of agendas and taking of minutes. To organise case conferences, seminars and travel arrangements and assume responsibility for the daily management of the medical team diary. 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 provide and receive complex information on a daily basis. To exercise initiative and judgement based on acquired knowledge and experience when dealing with enquiries of a clinical and non-clinical nature
• To touch type from audio and / or shorthand the following documents: clinical letters; results letters; discharge summaries; medical reports; Coroner's reports; police reports; scientific manuscripts and abstracts; reports in response to complaints; teaching, educational and research materials. 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
• To draft letters on behalf of the Consultant(s) in a sympathetic but easily understandable manner, for example when informing patients of their test results
  
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