Medical Secretary -Acute Medicine and Geriatrics

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Medical Secretary within our Acute Medicine and Geriatrics directorate at Maidstone Hospital., By the nature of the duties, the post holder will be required to maintain strict confidentiality and will be expected to deal with patients, carers, relatives, medical staff and other visitors within the Division in person and/or in writing, with courtesy and discretion at all times

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic Secretary who can provide a competent and effective Secretarial Service to Consultants and their teams within the Acute medicine and Geriatrics unit.

You will have exceptional secretarial skills , and knowledge of all Microsoft packages. You should demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills, be a team player, be self-motivated, able to prioritise a busy workload, work to deadlines and have a flexible approach to your duties.

If you would like to work in an exciting, supportive, and friendly working environment, this could be the role for you!, The post holder must be able to work with limited supervision, use own initiative, keep to strict deadlines and have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.

Previous experience working as a Medical Secretary within the health sector would be beneficial but not essential you should have knowledge of office equipment and systems along with word/processing/typing or equivalent and knowledge of Medical Terminology., Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.