Elderly Medicine Support Secretary

We are recruiting for an Administrative Support Secretary who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
The successful person will be responsible for supporting the Elderly Medicine department . Audio Typing skills are essential and you will need to be well organised and cope well under pressure.
As an Administrative Support Secretary, you should enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team and be confident liaising with general practitioners, consultants, patients and other hospital departments., The successful person will be responsible for supporting the Elderly Frailty department . Audio Typing skills are essential and you will need to be well organised and cope well under pressure.
As an Administrative Support Secretary, you should enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team and be confident liaising with general practitioners, consultants, patients and other hospital departments.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today., To accurately complete the urgent audio-typing of the clinic within agreed turnaround times as directed by Service Manager
To ensure the enclosures indicated by the clinician on Bighand are sent out with the appropriate letter(s).
To be responsible for sending out and distributing clinic letters
To ensure any amendments/ corrections returned from the clinical teams are processed in a timely fashion to ensure that delays do not occur in the patient pathway.
To ensure patient records are accurately maintained on PAS (OASIS), and any other relevant system(s) or databases, ensuring that patient demographics details are correct
To check the clinic has been cashed up and the treatments status code and outcome code have been correctly inputted by the reception staff and escalate where appropriate as directed by the Team Leader.
To ensure there is effective and robust communication, liaising with Pathway Co-Ordinators, Team Leaders, Service Manager, and any other colleagues, including escalation of any issues as necessary.
To ensure that filing of all loose correspondence is carried out at the time of typing and that the files are kept in good order as detailed in the Trust Health Records Policy.
To assist in the introduction and use of new technology and implement office procedures for the specialities.
To train staff in new technology and procedures if required.
To participate in team meetings and work with the Operational Support and Service Manager on service development.
To provide support for clinical specialty teams as directed by the Team Leader(s) or Service Manager.
Any other duties as directed by Operational Support or Service Manager

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.