Support Medical Secretary Full Time

Officially launched in February 2017, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust brings together Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital together under one united NHS Foundation Trust – the first of its kind in the UK.

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust brings together the very best care and support for women, children and families, always promising that we will be by your side throughout their journey with us.

There has never been a more exciting time to join our team. Ambitious and proud to provide world-class care everyone who works at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust team plays an important role in making our hospitals the incredible places they are.

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BWC is a teaching hospital and as such you may come into contact with students of many disciplines. Staff must comply with Trust policy and respective regulatory body requirements in relation to training and updating and fulfil duties of mentorship and assessment as required.

Band 3 Support Medical Secretary – Orthopaedics

Are you looking for a challenge in a Medical Secretarial role? Are you an experienced typist? Then come and join us at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. We have an exciting opportunity of a permanent support medical secretary role in the Orthopaedic department.

DEPARTMENT

HOURS

INFORMAL ENQURIES

Name

Role

Number

Orthopaedic

37.5

Claire Thorne

Operational Support Manager

0121 333 999 ext 6683

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who relishes a challenge and is keen to demonstrate their skills and abilities in using their own initiative.

This role is very demanding and applicants need to be self-motivated and possess an RSA/OCR level III qualification (or equivalent). Desirably you will have or working towards an AMSPAR qualification, or medical secretarial experience. You must enjoy working within multi-disciplinary teams and have the ability to relate to children, parents and members of the public, complemented by excellent organisational and communication skills.

Your key role will be in supporting the Orthopaedic department and the medical secretaries within the team. This role is essential to the department and you will need to be self-motivated, highly organised and enthusiastic.

Informal enquiries are welcome via Claire Thorne, 0121 333 9999 ext 6683.

Please be aware that any false information on your application form can lead to withdrawl of any offer of employment, disciplinary action and/or a criminal conviction

As this post involves a regulated activity you will be required to have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and the disclosure, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.

We are unable to reply to all applications, therefore, if you have not heard from us within 6 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short listed.

Applications from candidates who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. The UK Border Agency requires employers to complete this test to show that no suitably qualified EEA or EU worker can fill the post. For further information please visit the UK Border Agency website.

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Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. The UK Visas and Immigration department requires employers to complete this test to show that no suitably qualified EEA or EU worker can fill the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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