Assistant Medical Secretary - Acute & Emergency Services

at  Wye Valley NHS Trust

The main purpose of the role is to provide a comprehensive administrative service to the medical secretaries/administrators and consultants in the Acute & Emergency Medicine Directorate.
The role will be based in Lionel Green, but there may need to be flexibility in working through the Directorate as service needs require. An element of support may be required for the reception and ward clerk teams.
To provide an administrative and note taking service for teams meetings within the department as required.
To be responsible for supporting the Frequent Flyer’s team with administrative support ensuring all communication, documentation and information relating to the function of the teams will be collected and disseminated appropriately.
Ability to deal calmly and effectively with daily pressure, rapidly changing priorities and difficult situations such as emotional, distressed or confused patients or relative on the rare occasion
Maintain good working relationships with all areas in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of service to patients communicating with colleagues at all levels.
To communicate effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
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