Senior Medical Secretary

The Orthopaedic Service at Newcastle Hospitals is based cross site but the elective service is at the Freeman hospital. We are a busy regional service with many complex patients which we provide a variety of orthopaedic services to including foot and ankle, spines and arthroplasty. We currently have a permanent, fulltime vacancy for a A&C Band 4 Senior Medical Secretary to become part of the arthroplasty team at Freeman hospital. You will be working alongside a team of other medical secretaries and a clerk typist. You will be responsible for 3 Consultants, minuting the weekly MDT and uploading scans for theatre procedures alongside management of consultant diaries, clinical and non-clinical audio typing, use of the Trusts patient administration system, and management of test results, amongst other general office duties.

• Interview Date: 25 October 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy., You will provide a comprehensive and efficient secretarial and administration service to 3 consultants within the arthroplasty service, minuting the MDT, uploading scans, carrying out appraisals and return to work interviews, contributing to recruitment and training and development of the team, mentoring and supporting colleagues to achieve their best.
You should be able to integrate well with the existing team, be flexible in supporting the needs of the service and have a genuine desire to contribute to providing a quality service for patients.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally. We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare. Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.