PA/Medical SecretaryNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated individual to join us as PA/Medical Secretary in the Oncology Department within Networked Services Division. This is a Full-Time permanent post. It will be working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, with the option of hybrid working. The Trust are committed to supporting flexible working agreements.You will be responsible for covering the provisions of full secretarial and administrative support within the Colorectal team, ensuring a high standard of PA / secretarial duties is maintained and deadlines and audio typing targets are met.You will be enthusiastic, flexible, willing to learn, eager to play an effective part in a busy team environment, work to a high standard and be able to use your own initiative.You will have experience of audio typing and copy typing and ideally have worked within a healthcare environment with Medical Secretarial experience and a good knowledge of medical terminology. Knowledge of cancer pathways/targets would be beneficial.When applying for this position, please refer to the person specification and demonstrate within your application form how you meet the criteria, providing examples where possible.

Main duties of the job

As a PA/Medical Secretary for the Colorectal Team, you will be responsible for completing, but not limited to, tasks such as:

Liaise with all consultants in your area of responsibility to provide a full secretarial service, including all administrative duties and dealing with mail, this includes placing it in order of priority and acting on matters which can be dealt with without further reference.

Appropriately disseminate a variety of correspondence/documentation, some of which is highly confidential.

Type clinical correspondence, treatment summaries and annotations, ensuring compliance with turnaround time/ targets and ensure that office instructions are followed.

Organise and schedule meetings and maintain an up to date diary for appointments, meetings and interviews.

Effectively monitor clinic templates liaising with clinical team and administration staff to ensure clinic numbers are manageable. Escalating to the management team when appropriate.

Liaise with staff at all levels both internally and externally, answering written and verbal enquiries when necessary, taking action on all matters which can be dealt with without further reference.

Answer written and verbal enquiries from patients/relatives, referring enquiries to consultants only when necessary.

Deal with stressful phone calls which can be emotional / abusive and of a sensitive nature from relatives/patients.

Liaise with internal and external departments to arrange clinical investigations/procedures.

Job description

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Liaise with all consultants in your area of responsibility to provide a full secretarial service, including all administrative duties and dealing with mail, which includes placing it in order of priority and acting on matters which can be dealt with without further reference. Appropriately disseminate a variety of correspondence/documentation, some of which is highly confidential. Organize and schedule meetings and maintain an up-to-date diary for appointments, meetings and interviews. Effectively monitor clinic templates liaising with clinical team and appropriate administration staff to ensure clinic numbers are manageable. Escalating to Admin and Service Managers when appropriate. Liaise with staff at all levels both internally and externally, answering written and verbal enquiries when necessary, acting on all matters which can be dealt with without further reference. Answer written and verbal enquiries from patients/relatives, referring enquiries to consultants only when necessary. Deal with stressful phone calls which can be emotional / abusive and of a sensitive nature from relatives/patients. Liaise with internal and external departments to arrange clinical investigations/procedures. Liaise with patients involved in trials undertaken by the team, coordinating all necessary information between patients, hospital and organizing bodies. Ensure accurate input of patient details when entering data onto information databases and Patient Administration System (Careflow) including routine use of the case note tracking system. Receive new patient referrals and organize appointment/admissions and arrange treatment as required. Contribute to the appropriate management of the waiting list, particularly in relation to patients who fall within the two-week wait category Co-ordinate annual leave within the group to ensure clinics are capped or cancelled as necessary in order that clinics are managed effectively, and nursing staff are allocated appropriately to other areas. Contribute to the training of new members of staff within a given area as required. Ensure case notes are kept up to date and that all investigations and other material (outside notes and films) are available for clinic appointments/admissions. Provide information required to support the investigation of litigation cases. Provide statistical information to the Information Department as required. Work with Clinicians, Managers and Administration staff to review working practices, identify new improved ways of working and find solutions to problems. Work with the management team to improve quality and range of services, with resources being managed according to agreed policies and priorities. Ensure all relevant information is available for multi-disciplinary meetings for your team. Co-ordinate case notes and reports where necessary.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.