Job summary
We are looking to recruit two enthusiastic and motivated Band 4 full-time Medical Secretary Supervisors (37.5hrs per week) to join our friendly secretarial team within the Urology Department at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. The posts will be based on Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham site. One is a full-time permanent post and one is a fullitme 12month fixed term post.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who relishes a challenge and is keen to use their own initiative. The successful candidate will be required to be a key member of the Secretarial Team, providing a professional and high quality secretarial (including minute taking) and administrative service at all times. There is a lot of audio typing within this role along with a lot of medical terminology, therefore the successful candidate will need experience in this field.

Main duties of the job
Job Summary Continued:
You will be required to work to a high standard of accuracy and be able to demonstrate initiative in planning your own workload in a way that supports the consultants and the wider team. Our admin team is part of a busy department and each consultant requiring a proactive secretary to manage their day-to-day admin, booking admissions/appointments, importing documentation to electronic patient records, audio typing letters, liaising with patients and colleagues both internally and externally. They must be willing to assist the consultant and the department in providing the best possible care to our patients and service users in line with our trust values and mission statement.

Main Duties and Tasks:
We are looking for someone with medical secretarial experience, excellent touch-typing and audio typing skills, a good knowledge of medical terminology, a good working knowledge of the RTT pathway, experience with managing waiting lists, and someone who is a team player but has the initiative to complete their individual tasks in a timely manner.

About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities
We would like the successful candidate to be pro-active, approachable and supportive to both patient and colleagues, to have a conscientious approach to their work, and ability to demonstrate administrative experience and be able to meet the main duties of the role as identified in the job description.

You must possess excellent organisational skills and be experienced in dealing with confidential information.

The successful candidate will have a good standard of English and Maths and ideally possess an AMSPAR/medical terminology qualification/RSA III qualification (or equivalent). Secretarial, minute taking and audio typing experience are also essential. The candidate should also be able to demonstrate confidence in using MS Office as well as other IT systems.

We are a supportive, friendly team who look forward to welcoming the successful candidate into our team.

For more information, please contact: Claire Hussain on 0121 371 5736.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Good General Education (eg. GCSE English and Maths A-C) GCSE Level 9-4
• Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a clerical environment
• AMSPAR Certificate/equivalent qualification or equivalent knowledge of medical terminology
• Working knowledge of medical terminology

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working as a Medical Secretary
• Experience of dealing with the Public/Customer service experience
• Experience of working with a range of Microsoft Office packages (e.g. Word,Excel and Outlook)
• Experience of using IT systems
• Experience of working in Healthcare
• Good Organisational skills
• Able to use own initiative and deal with the unpredictable
• Able to work under pressure and to multitask
• Able to work to deadlines

Desirable

• Experience of working in a busy environment

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.