# Medical Secretary FTC

**Company**: Spire Nottingham Hospital
**Location**: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
**Job type**: contract
**Salary**: Competitive salary
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Spire Nottingham Hospital have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Medical Secretary to join our administrative team on a 12-month fixed term contract. As Medical Secretary, your main tasks are to provide a full medical secretarial service to Consultants.

The post requires excellent communication skills, computer literacy, and the ability to remain calm when dealing with clients.

**Responsibilities:**

- Provide an efficient secretarial service to all Consultants

- Type all Consultants' clinic notes and letters to General Practitioners and external agencies

- Answer patient queries, using tact and diplomacy when dealing with issues of a sensitive nature

- Liaise with Consultants and their secretaries to resolve patient queries/complaints in a timely manner

- Communicate effectively with GP surgeries, other healthcare professionals, and departments within the hospital

- Provide copy clinic letters when needed

- Open Consultants mail and distribute

- Assist in the training of new and trainee Medical Secretaries

- Undergo all mandatory training required

- Ensure consistent provision of service during holiday/sickness periods

- Contribute to the development of departmental procedures

- Familiarise with company policies and procedures

- Deliver exemplary customer service to all users of the service

**Requirements:**

- Audio typing is essential, although experience of working in a healthcare environment is desirable but not essential

- Good standard of education

- Excellent communication skills

- Professional telephone manner

- Good knowledge of medical, anatomical, and physiological terminology

- Knowledge of IT systems

- RSA level II or equivalent is desirable but not essential

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary

- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays

- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options

- 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers

- Free Bupa wellness screening

- Private medical insurance

- Life assurance

- Free DBS

- Full induction, including mandatory training updates

- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts

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## Skills

### Required
- audio typing
- communication skills
- computer literacy
- medical terminology
- IT systems

### Nice to have
- RSA level II
- experience in healthcare environment

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