Medical Secretary Band 3 - Diabetes and Endocrine

at  United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Starting from May 2025
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to become part of our expanding Diabetes and Endocrine Secretarial Team at Pilgrim Hospital. The Medical Secretary is the hub of effective patient administration in the Business Unit and underpins the patient journey by supporting our clinical teams in delivering a high quality of patient care as well as making a difference to the patients journey. The effective and efficient patient administration supports management through ensuring a high standard of data quality and by making the best use of capacity and resources. The post holder will report to the Specialty Co-ordinator and ensure the CQUIN typing target and validation is completed accurately and in a timely manner.
Deal with urgent and routine correspondence and tasks in accordance with agreed practice and CQUIN standards including typing of clinic audio tapes, letters, medical reports, references, rotas and general correspondence including administration when necessary, minutes of committees/meetings attended by their Consultant.
Prospectively ‘pulls’ patients through their pathways to minimise delays, escalating potential capacity issues and solutions to Specialty Co-ordinator the for discussion / approval with the Consultant team
Works with Choice & Access to arrange clinics cancellations, ensuring clear instructions are given to re-appointing patients, escalating capacity issues to the Specialty Co-ordinator for discussion with the Consultant to avoid delays in patient pathways.
Deal with enquiries by letter/fax/e-mail/telephone from patients, GP’s other hospitals, police, solicitors (via medical records/legal department) other consultants and management.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
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