Assistant Medical Secretary

Role Overview & Responsibilities

The Medical Secretary team are looking for a driven individual to join the team.

In this role you will provide secretarial assistance to Senior Medical Secretaries/Consultants/nursing staff at Band 3 level. You will also liaise with other colleagues in the team to contribute to the smooth running of the department. You will be well organised and used to dealing with the public efficiently and politely.

Excellent word processing/fast, accurate typing is essential for this post. Knowledge of audio typing (analogue and digital) and medical terminology is desirable.

Please note this post may close early once maximum application numbers have been reached

The post holder will provide an efficient, confidential and reliable service to specialty teams. This will include administrative and secretarial support to enable the provision of patient care and specialty services. Good communication skills essential to ensure a proficient, high quality service for patients and clinicians. The post-holder will be expected to work as part of a Specialist Team and will report to the Senior Medical Secretary/PA and Medical Secretary Manager.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech.

In February 2022, the significant progress that has been made at QEH in just three years since 2019 was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures). We have an absolute determination to continuously improve care and services for our patients and their families.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about the job role.

Corporate Services: http://www.qehkl.nhs.uk/document/divisional-booklets/Introducing_Corporate_Services.pdf