The Older Persons Mental Health team (primarily based at The Princess Margaret Hospital) has a focus on assessment and management of older adults with mental illness and/ or cognitive disorders. The team provides comprehensive assessment of the mental health of older people, whilst aiming to optimise the patient-s level of functioning, offering specialist treatment, care, support and education.

As medical secretary you will be working within this fast-paced environment. We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running, is flexible and adaptable to change. 

This is a permanent, full time role that requires you to work Monday to Friday, hours are negotiable.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Coordinating appointments with our clinician
• Transcribing letters and Doctors- notes 
• Ensuring all information is collated, patient records are complete and managed
• Various administration tasks
  

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience

Your skills will include:

• Experience in administration or medical secretary roles
• Typing skills (50 - 70 WPM)
• Technically savvy - quick at picking up new applications/systems
• Organisational, time management and problem solving skills
• Ability to achieve accuracy and maintain attention to detail
• Ability to meet deadlines and work unsupervised
• Intermediate to advanced user in the Microsoft suite of products e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel
• Experience using SIPIC would be beneficial