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Senior Medical Secretary/Medical Secretary, Auditory Implant Service

Location : Southampton, United Kingdom
 

Salary : £21,135 to £30,497 Per annum
 

Posted : 25 Mar 2022
 

End of advertisement period : 21 Apr 2022
 

Ref : 1719622LH-R
 

Job Type : Professional Services, Health & Medical
 

Contract Type : Permanent
 

Hours : Full Time

Auditory Implant Service

Want to help shape and mould the future of children and adults wanting the gift of sound?

A vacancy has arisen for two Medical Secretaries to join a friendly administrative team supporting the Auditory Implant Service at the University of Southampton. The centre offers a regional service for deaf children and adults who are need an auditory implant.  Patients are assessed, receive treatment and are supported for life.    For more information about the service visit http://ais.southampton.ac.uk/

You will be key members of a multi-disciplinary team.   You will be an adaptable multi-tasker and provide proactive and patient focussed administration and support colleagues. You will need excellent secretarial skills including audiotyping and diary management. You will have proven administrative experience within a health care setting and ideally will have undergone specialist training as a medical secretary. The Senior Medical/Clinic Secretary will support and line manage four Clinic Secretaries providing supervision and workload management.

You should have excellent communication skills in written and spoken English and be confident interacting via email and on the telephone. You must be a competent confident user of Microsoft Office.  You must be able to communicate with people who may have difficulty with understanding and be compassionate to their needs. You will have a keen eye for detail and appreciate the need for accuracy and adherence to the data protection and information governance policies and procedures. 

These posts are offered on a full time, permanent basis. 

*Upon appointment the job title will be Senior Clinic Secretary/Clinic Secretary.

A standard DBS check will be required for this role.

Informal enquiries to Melanie Alarcon (m.j.alarcon@soton.ac.uk) - Administrative Team Manager at the Auditory Implant Service (USAIS)

Screening interviews will be held by TEAMS on 27/04/22.  Successfully screened candidates will be given a task to prepare for a formal interview on 04/05/2022.  

There are a great range of benefits that includes a contributory pension scheme; holiday entitlement of 20 days rising to 24 after 4 years plus 8 bank holidays and 6 additional holidays (closure days); subsidised health and fitness facilities on-site; cycle to work scheme; a range of discounts which include restaurants, retail outlets and entertainment.  Equality, diversity and Inclusion is central to the ethos of the University. We particularly encourage women, Black, Asian and minority ethnic, LGBT and disabled applicants to apply for this position.

The University of Southampton is committed to sustainability and being a globally responsible university and has recently been awarded the international standard for Environmental Management ISO14001:2015.  Our vision is to embed the principles of sustainability into all aspects of our individual and collective work, integrating sustainable development into our business planning, policy-making, and professional activities.  This commits all of our staff and students to take responsibility for managing their activities to minimise harm to the environment, whether this through switching off non-essential electrical equipment or using the recycling facilities.

Application Procedure 

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please contact Michelle (HR Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 2750 or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk  Please quote reference 1719622LH-R on all correspondence.