Apprentice Medical Secretary
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG
Closes in 26 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)
Posted on 4 October 2024
Contents
Summary
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and organised individual(s) within the Division of Surgery at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust as an apprentice Medical Secretary. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside the surgical team to enhance and support the delivery of patient centred care within the Trust.
- Annual wage
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£23,614 a year
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Please note that the pay scale will be as follows. Pay is determined as a percentage of the pay for qualified staff. You will be remunerated in accordance with Annex 21 Agenda for Change.
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday – Friday 37.5 hours per week, which includes 7.5 hours for study through remote learning.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Sunday 1 December
- Duration
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1 Year 6 Months
- Positions available
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2
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
- Act as a focal point for the clinical team
- Provide a friendly and professional service, deal with enquiries from a multitude of sources following Trust policies and standard operating procedures
- Liaise with GPs, other hospitals, patients, internal medical/non-medical staff and medical/non-medical external staff by a variety of means i.e. face-to-face/phone/e-mail/letter/faxes on a daily basis
- Assist clinicians with administrative tasks, e.g. utilising IT systems or ensuring paper forms are completed
- To ensure all duties are undertaken in line with standard operating procedures and to enable the achievement of Trust and Service specific Key Performance Indicators
- To request, cancel and re-arrange appointments when necessary
- Prioritise and ensure clinical investigations are acted upon appropriately and timely, within standard operating procedures and meeting KPIs
- Accurate recording of all paper/computerised patient records, updating and amending information timely and within standard operating procedures
Where you’ll work
Aberford Road
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4DG
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
JC TRAINING & CONSULTANCY LTD
Your training course
Business administrator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
Our mission is to provide high quality healthcare services at home, in the community and in our hospitals, to improve the quality of people’s lives.
http://www.midyorks.nhs.uk (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
The apprentices will become a fully trained medical secretary with the opportunity of completing further courses to aid career progression within the NHS.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
JC TRAINING & CONSULTANCY LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280638.
Apply now
Closes in 26 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)
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