About this role
Job summary
Medical Secretary - Band 3 Substantive Full time
We are looking for a reliable and enthusiastic individual with excellent organisational and administrative skills and great customer care to join the Neurology Department at Southmead Hospital.
This role is to support our Neurology team within the Neurological and Musculoskeletal Sciences Division (NMSK). You will work within a team to provide secretarial and administrative support. You will liaise with all staff within the NMSK department to ensure the smooth running of the serviceworking to deadlines, dealing with daily queries including telephone management and cross cover to manage annual leave and sickness absence.
Main duties of the job
The post holders must have extremely good computer and communication skills, as well as being a team player and have the ability to use their own initiative. Being an extremely busy department, the ability to work under pressure and be able to prioritise changing workloads is absolutely essential for this role.
Previous secretarial/administrative experience is essential and experience in a Medical Secretary role with knowledge of medical terminology would be an advantage.
About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Previous secretarial/administrative experience
Desirable
Previous NHS administrative experience
qualification Essential
Good general education including GSCE in Maths and English (or equivalent)
Desirable
Working knowledge of Care Flow or similar
Skills and knowledge Essential
Working well in a team
Desirable
Experience of working in a patient/customer focused environment
Skills Essential
excellent telephone and communication skills Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
Desirable
Knowledge of RTT
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Address Southmead Hospital
Southmead Road
Bristol
BS10 5NB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)