Job overview

The Histopathology department at East Surrey Hospital is currently looking for a Medical Secretary.

This would suit someone interested in a role in a pathology department who has some experience in the use of medical terminology and experience in audio typing. The successful applicant will be conscientious, enthusiastic and able to work well both independently and as part of a team.

The Medical Secretary role will be based at East Surrey Hospital, and will be undertaking typing from audio dictation, entering of external reports onto the laboratory system, preparation of slides and reports for MDTs, sending away of slides and blocks to external organisations, and supporting the consultants and laboratory

The Histopathology Department is part of Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS)

The department on the East Surrey Hospital site receives over 30,000 specimens per year and currently undertakes specimen cut up, andrology and reporting on the East Surrey site, with the post processing laboratory work carried out on the Royal Surrey site.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.