Medical Secretary - Ophthalmology (Part Time)

at  George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

To work as part of a speciality team. Responsible for the typing of all correspondence relating to outpatients and inpatients as well as typing departmental correspondence. Receives enquiries from patients and staff, resolving straightforward enquiries and forwarding more complex issues to the most appropriate member of the team. Liaise professionally with all departments regarding admissions, waiting lists, ad hoc ward attenders and cancellations ensuring hospital policies are adhered to.
To organise meetings and appointments for the consultants and the speciality team and make adjustments in line with agreed protocols where necessary. To set up and maintain filing systems ensuring all documents are accurately and are appropriately archived. To obtain investigation results and exercise judgement to ensure that medical attention is urgently drawn to histology and urgent telephoned results and all results are filed in the patients records. To take responsibility for tracking patients notes in the office.
To open and distribute post, prioritising any urgent post and ensuring relevant documentation is attached in addition to acting promptly and appropriately to all e-mail correspondence. Please find attached job description and person specification. for further details

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