Medical Secretary Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Medical Secretary Assistant post at Avon House, Tewkesbury. There are 2 Consultants in the Later Life team and the post entails supporting the Medical Secretary in providing a full secretarial service. The working hours are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday .

You will ideally have secretarial experience and be accustomed to working in a high pressured yet friendly environment. As a member of the secretarial team, you must possess an excellent work ethic with proven organisational and communication skills. You will work as part of a committed supportive team and be able to deal confidently and professionally with colleagues, GP surgeries and patients, maintaining confidentiality at all times., You should have a friendly, positive, problem solving approach, be self-motivated, willing to learn and enjoy using your own initiative, within the remit of the post. You will need to be an excellent team player with the ability to adapt to various tasks according to service needs. As well as good verbal, written and numerical skills, you must be able to prioritise and organise your own workload well, and be able to work effectively and efficiently. You will be skilled in IT applications; including, Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel and have excellent interpersonal and strong communications skills. You should be able to adapt to a busy changing environment and be able to work with people under pressure. This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.