Job Advert
Medical Secretary – Long Covid Service
Band 4 (£23,709 – £25,982 Pro rata)
Fixed Term for 2 years
Part time - 15 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to gain experience in a developing service, the Long Covid Service, based at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
The post holder will work within the Department of Psychological Medicine, specifically within the newly created Post-Covid-19 Mental Health service, which has been designed to meet the requirements as set out by the Scottish Government Coronavirus (COVID-19): mental health needs of hospitalised patients – report. This service is funded for two years, and potentially a third.
You will be working with a new multi-disciplinary team which will be composed of Psychiatry, Psychology and Occupational Therapy. Precise staffing may vary over time. The service is proposed to involve a brief assessment and screening clinic, individual patient sessions and group sessions, for patients who have been hospitalised with Covid-19.
Applicants must have a good standard of education, excellent communication and keyboard skills, and knowledge of medical terminology.
Please ensure that you read the job description and personal specification and answer the following questions in the supporting statement section of your application form:
What has attracted you to apply for this post and what skills do you have that you could bring to the team?
All enquiries to Kathryn Kinnear, Service Manager, MHLDS (Tel: 07861770139).
As this is a fixed term post, if you are an existing NHS Grampian permanent employee and are interested in the role, please speak with your manager prior to submitting your application form with a view to having a secondment agreed in principle and an ability to start immediately if you were successful following interview. Please include within your application form that you have undertaken this or your application will not be progressed.
Time is extremely precious at the moment within the NHS, please allow us to use our time as best as we can by only applying if you meet as a minimum all of the essential elements of the person specification. You must evidence your skillset within your application.
The advert will close at midnight on Wednesday 8th September. Please note that in the event that sufficient applications are received before the closing date, this post may close early.