Medical Office Assistant

Description:

Job Description

Medical Secretary

Location: Clifton Park TC, York

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Full-time

Salary: Depending on experience + Benefits

Summary:

Clifton Park Hospital opened in 2006 and is located just outside York. The modern purpose built hospital has been rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and has first-class medical facilities including 24 beds, two theatres, a day case unit, a large outpatient department with X-ray facilities and on-site physiotherapy, including a small gym area. In 2018, the hospital opened a new outpatient department with 11 consulting rooms, two treatment rooms and x-ray facilities.

The role:

We currently have a great opportunity for a Receptionist to join our team at Clifton Park Hospital based in York.

At Ramsay Health Care UK, we know our people are our most important asset. Join our busy team of medical secretaries and you can develop a rewarding career helping to provide patients with the best care.

Your main task will be supporting our consultants with fast and precise typing and record creation which is so important to the smooth running of patient management. You will be expected to multi-task across a range of secretarial duties; offer good judgement in escalating issues, prioritising jobs, highly accurate audio typing, as these tasks all play an important part of your role. You’ll be valued for your skills and expertise and have the chance to build on them through our Ramsay Academy, too.

What you will bring with you:

Excellent IT skills and ability to type at speed whilst maintaining accuracy

Audio typing experience – Essential

Experience of multi-tasking and working to strict deadlines

Excellent verbal and written communication

High attention to detail

Experience with medical terminology – essential

Experience with orthopaedic medical terminology - highly desirable

Knowledge of T-Pro or similar dictation and transcription software - desirable

Benefits

25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays

Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options

Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period

Attractive enhancement rates for permanent and bank work: 30%–100% for evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays

Flexible shift patterns available where possible

Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies

Private Healthcare for you and dependents includes online GP

Life Assurance (Death in Service)

Free Training and Development via the Academy

Free Parking on site for workers (where possible)

Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)

Over 8,000 discounts and special offers via benefits portal

Book discounted cinema tickets on the dedicated cinema portal

The Blue Light Card Scheme

About us 

We’re Ramsay Health Care UK. With 35 hospitals, 7,600 staff and 200,000 patients treated every year, we’re one of the leading independent healthcare providers in England. We deliver a wide and comprehensive range of specialised clinical services from routine to complex surgery, day case procedures, cancer care, diagnostic services and physiotherapy. In addition, we also have our three standalone decontamination units which are essential to supporting our clinical outcomes. 94% of our facilities are rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, and we are extremely proud of the high quality of our staff as well as excellent relationships with doctors and our strong, longstanding partnership with the NHS.

We’re part of a global hospital group with over 50 years’ experience that operates in 11 countries across the world. As people caring for people, our ethos helps make a huge difference in the lives of millions. We know that our people are our most important asset to our organisation, and are the key to our success and continuing growth.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. We reserve the right to close our adverts prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process.

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We care.
 

It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.
 

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks