Support Secretary - Surgical Services

The day to day duties will include handling telephone calls, emails, dealing with patient queries with tact and sensitivity, updating patient records, dealing with confidential information, typing letters and filing. Will support the Vascular Nurse Specialists and Band 4 Secretaries., Main duties include providing a comprehensive admin service to the Vascular Surgery team. The service requirements include ensuring that all of the relevant appointments are booked following Trust policy. Relevant paperwork is correct and up to date, E-referrals, outpatient waiting list, typing, diary management, clinic management and dealing with patient queries.
1. To ensure, wherever possible, that all documentation is up-to-date, in an orderly fashion and available whenever decisions are being made, reporting exceptional circumstances where necessary.
This will require:
Effective collaboration with all relevant personnel to maintain an efficient administrative system; building good working relationships with appropriate internal and external Departments, planning and monitoring activity levels to ensure optimum use of staff resources, reporting related issues to the Group Manager-manipulation and distribution of appropriate correspondence.
2. To assist with the implementation and maintenance of an efficient office management system/procedures to enable the Group to optimise its patient care services.
This will require:
Effective time management; arranging and preparation of correspondence and reports; establishing and maintaining efficient manual and electronic correspondence and documentation management systems.
3. To support Team members.
This will require:
Undertaking appropriate staff training and development as required; providing cross-cover on a reciprocal basis in the absence of colleagues and providing day to day supervision where required. To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested.
Please see attached job description for further information.
To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
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If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
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To provide a comprehensive and confidential administration support to the Vascular Surgery team. As required, to act as a source of advice and guidance regarding the speciality. You will need to have excellent secretarial skills and be able to organise busy schedules and diaries. Accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to remain calm under pressure is essential.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.