Medical Support Secretary
at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dorchester DT1, England, United Kingdom -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 29 Oct, 2024 | GBP 24336 Annual | 30 Jul, 2024 | N/A | Good communication skills | No | No |
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Description:
To provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Gastroenterology team in order to facilitate the smooth, efficient and effective running of all elements of the service.
To act as a point of contact for patients/carers and other health professionals. Dealing with queries, providing information and escalating to the clinical team where appropriate. This will require a caring and empathetic approach and it will necessitate establishing communication networks with the team and with other appropriate health care professionals, both internal and external to the organisation.
To work with the clinical and managerial teams to maintain and support departmental / divisional practice and procedures to ensure that both operational targets and quality standards are achieved.
Communicate tactfully and politely over the telephone or face-to-face, with patients, their family/carers, other health professionals or administrative staff, external bodies, to deal efficiently and effectively with queries and concerns
To pass on information in an effective and efficient way, particularly when taking clinical queries over the telephone, either from patients or other health professionals.
Use audio dictation to type clinic letters and other correspondence in a timely way, whilst being mindful of typing turnaround times, having a high standard of accuracy and presentation, thereby ensuring an accurate clinical record.
Make adjustments / cancellations to clinics on request to facilitate operational efficiency.
In line with standard operating procedures: deal with incoming mail; cash up clinics; make appointments; update the Patient Tracking List (PTL); accept telephone calls for the clinical team; chase Electronic Discharge Summaries (EDS) and results; add patients to waiting list; forward referrals to other clinical teams/services.
Dorset County Hospital is a small and friendly district general hospital based in the county town of the beautiful county of Dorset.
The Gastroenterology department forms a crucial part of the clinical activity of the trust, providing service to the population of central and West Dorset. You will be part of a friendly team, comprising Doctors, Nurses and management support.
Please refer to the attached detailed job description. The key result areas are:
To provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Gastroenterology team in order to facilitate the smooth, efficient and effective running of all elements of the service.
To act as a point of contact for patients/carers and other health professionals. Dealing with queries, providing information and escalating to the clinical team where appropriate. This will require a caring and empathetic approach and it will necessitate establishing communication networks with the team and with other appropriate health care professionals, both internal and external to the organisation.
To work with the clinical and managerial teams to maintain and support departmental / divisional practice and procedures to ensure that both operational targets and quality standards are achieved
Responsibilities:
Please refer the Job description for details
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Hospital/Health Care
Pharma / Biotech / Healthcare / Medical / R&D
Office Administration
Graduate
Proficient
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Dorchester DT1, United Kingdom