The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
PA/Medical Secretary
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Two exciting opportunities has arisen for a well-motivated individuals to join us as a PA/Medical Secretary in the Oncology Department within Networked Services Division.
Two part-time, permanent positions are available, comprising one 30 hour per week post and one 25 hour per week post. Both roles are 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 Medical Oncology Germ Cell 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.
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As a PA/Medical Secretary for the Medical Oncology Breast 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, including 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, 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.
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The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 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 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services.
We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Nicola Morrissey
- Job title: Assistant Service Manager
- Email address: Nicola.morrissey@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0161 918 8133
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