Job overview

The Cellular Pathology department, based at Wycombe Hospital, is looking for a highly enthusiastic individual with Medical Secretary Experience, preferred, who can work as part of a team as well using their own initiative.

You will need previous medical secretary experience, outstanding organisational and communication skills; work well with staff and the public and must be able to demonstrate experience of working under pressure and to set deadlines.

This is a part post working 25.5hours per week, Monday-Friday 

Main duties of the job

To assist Consultant and junior medical staff, and laboratory based staff in the provision of an efficient, effective and comprehensive service in the cellular pathology department.

Responsibility also exists to carry out the requirements of the other Consultant Pathologists and the Junior Medical staff regarding typing of letters, second opinions, histology and cytology reports including macroscopic, microscopic and diagnostic descriptions, Coroner’s and Hospital post mortem reports and the circulation of any of the above.

This includes processing both NHS and Private Patient reports.

Use of skills and knowledge of medical terminology in order to complete all aspects of job description to the required standard

To provide secretarial support to laboratory managers, this is a busy role and the post holder will need to manager their own workload in an environment of frequent interruptions and conflicting demands. The post holder must therefore have the ability to rapidly assimilate information and respond appropriately.

Working for our organisation

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential criteria

Educated to GCSE Level with English Language, Maths and IT skills Educated to GCSE Level with English Language, Maths and IT skills Trained to use all Microsoft Office package

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

experience working as a Medical Secretary Experience with the processing of data in databases. Ability to touch and audio type

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

Polite telephone manner and good communication skills Able to enter data on the computer accurately with attention to detail. Able to file in alphabetic and numerical order Able to work as part of a team and use own initiative.

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential criteria

Ability to work flexibly, if required covering other office staff absences.

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinationsremain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline:This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Application information:If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting:The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses:It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking:All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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