Support Secretary Women's Health - Gynaecology and Gynae Oncology

Support Secretary Women's Health - Gynaecology and Gynae Oncology University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Support Secretary to join our gynaecology team at UHD.

The post holder must be IT literate and ideally familiar with hospital computer systems including eCamis, EPR, and Soliton. Audio Typing skills are essential.

Required qualities include: efficient, a capable communicator, have audio typing experience, be a team player, organised, have the ability to prioritise own workload, maintain discretion and be able to work in a busy environment.

Base - Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Interview Date - TBC

Main duties of the job

To produce letters from clinics through the provision of audio typing, general departmental administration and word processing.

Gynae-Oncology admin

Coordination of results and booking of urgent patients

To cover consultant's PA desks in their absences

To answer patient's queries via phone and email

About us

Our values define who we are as . They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Job responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information and expectations of the role.

Person Specification Qualifications

• RSA II/III or equivalent
• GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths
• Good knowledge of IT systems including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Experience

• Secretarial experience
• Audio Typing experience
• Working in a healthcare organisation

Technical skills

• Excellent audio typing and word processing skills
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills both written and verbal

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 name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust