Cancer Specialist Medical Secretary | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

We are recruiting for a Cancer Specialist Medical Secretary who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The key role of this post is to be responsible for the management of the administration of Consultant Oncologists, also in conjunction with other medical secretaries to assist in managing the work of other Consultant Oncologists and their teams.

You will need to co-ordinate and arrange treatment for the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre's patients, and for ensuring the patients' medical records are properly maintained.

You will also be by dealing with patient queries over the phone and by email, processing and sending out patient letters, managing the patient pathway in line with Cancer Wait Times.

The interviews will be held on the week commencing on 15th April, the exact date to be confirmed.

Our Values areInclude,Respect andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

To co-ordinate and arrange treatment for the Cancer Centre's patients, and for ensuring the patients 'medical records are properly maintained.

To provide a central point of reference for the Cancer Centre.

To manage constantly changing priorities and deadlines.

To handle enquiries from staff, patients and relatives.

To provide administrative and secretarial support to the consultants and their teams

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage


• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City


• Hertford County, Hertford


• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood


We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.

We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be part of new and developing cancer service, building on the excellent reputation, research and patient experience the Cancer Centre already delivers.

In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,314 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata.