• Job Description

  Req#: C9229-23-0300

  Job summary

  Are you looking for a new challenge, working in a fast paced environment? If so this could be the role for you!

  An exciting opportunity has arisen with the Radiology Department for an experienced Medical Secretary/PA

  The successful candidate must be flexible, forward thinking and proactive and require a commitment to ensure we provide a high quality service to our patients. This is a challenging role which requires excellent communication and empathy skills.

  This is a rewarding and varied job with plenty of responsibility and is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills.

  The purpose of this job is to be responsible for providing a full secretarial and PA service to the Radiology Department.

  The role involves working for Consultant Radiologists and supervising junior secretarial/clerical staff.

  We have 2 vacancies available a full time 5 days (37.5 hours per week) and a part time 3 days (22.5 hours per week)

  Main duties of the job

  • Provide secretarial support to Consultant Radiologists
  • Ensure 2 Week Wait targets being met within the timescale
  • MDT prep and attendance to MDT meeting if required
  • Cancer/Urgent Pathway patients not being seen within specified timescale
  • Appointments to be made for relevant and complex modalities such as Breast Service, Lung Service and Interventional Service
  • Liaising between Radiology and other Clinical Staff/Departments

  About us

  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

  Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

  We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

  More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

  We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

  Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

  Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

  Date posted

  13 June 2023

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £25,147 to £27,596 a year pa, pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time

  Reference number

  229-CS-5354867

  Job locations

  The County Hospital

  Union Walk

  Hereford

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role and responsibilities.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role and responsibilities.

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualifications

  Essential

  • Good standard of education (equivalent GCSE in English and Maths)
  • Computer Literacy
  • Microsoft Word (Typing/Word Processing)

  Experience

  Essential

  • Proven administration experience

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of Hospital IT systems
  • Secretarial experience

  Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to effectively communicate verbally both on the telephone and face to face to a wide range of people
  • Good telephone manner
  • Experience in managing own workload and meeting tight deadlines
  • Ability to produce high quality work and to problem solve
  • Ability to work under pressure, prioritise workload and deal with difficult / stressful situations

  Desirable

  • Recent or previous NHS experience
  • Knowledge of medical terminology

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualifications

  Essential

  • Good standard of education (equivalent GCSE in English and Maths)
  • Computer Literacy
  • Microsoft Word (Typing/Word Processing)

  Experience

  Essential

  • Proven administration experience

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of Hospital IT systems
  • Secretarial experience

  Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to effectively communicate verbally both on the telephone and face to face to a wide range of people
  • Good telephone manner
  • Experience in managing own workload and meeting tight deadlines
  • Ability to produce high quality work and to problem solve
  • Ability to work under pressure, prioritise workload and deal with difficult / stressful situations

  Desirable

  • Recent or previous NHS experience
  • Knowledge of medical terminology

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  The County Hospital

  Union Walk

  Hereford

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  The County Hospital

  Union Walk

  Hereford

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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