Support Secretary

The Trauma and Orthopaedic Department at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton are seeking to recruit an experienced, highly organised support secretary to provide an efficient service to the Consultants, Nurses and the Medical secretary team.

This is a role based at Queens Hospital.

You will need to be an enthusiastic and motivated team player with excellent communication and problem solving skills.

You will require a high level of tact, diplomacy with the ability to prioritise your own workload effectively.

• Provide administration support for the Secretarial/Administrative teams including filing, post distribution, diary management.
• Collection and delivery of patient notes.
• Liaising with other departments across the hospital.
• Audio typing of clinical correspondence
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Knowledge and familiarisation of medical terminology
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Knowledge of Word, Excel, Internet and email systems
• Supporting the secretarial team during absence and sickness.
  
  

Closing date of applications: 15 October 2024

Interview date: 29/10/2024

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts About Our Trust

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Roberts Job title: Service Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07799 337657