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It's all about money... Or the lack of it

Band 3 medical secretary (Former Employee) - Leeds City Centre - 14 August 2016

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The nhs is run like a business, and has always run on the goodwill of its employees because they care about the patient. The bandings have changed and your still expected to perform the same work and more besides for less money because of the decrease in bandings. It's all about cut backs and budgets

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?? Free flu jab.. Discount at nandos

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More work for less money

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Stressful, pressured.

Medical Secretary (Former Employee) - Leeds Geneeral Infirmary - 10 August 2015

Managing a Consultant's theatre list. Booking theatre anaesthetists Typing clinic notes. Dealing with patient queries over the telephone. Managing Consultants post The role of a medical secretary is a responsible position which I took very seriously and thoroughly enjoyed. The most difficult part of the job was to ensure the Consultant's theatre list was managed to full capacity, which often led to dealing with last minute cancellations.

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Job satisfaction

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Stressful at times.

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Fun and friendly workplace

Medical Secretary - Grade 4 (Former Employee) - Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - 11 May 2012

Answering telephones and speaking to health and non-health professionals. Audio/copy typing for a number of clinicians from consultants to counsellors. General office administration from photocopying to sending out post.I was very good at my job being one of the fastest and most accurate secretaries in the department who was able to take the pressure of the clinicians when needed.The management were great and very approachable with any problems whether this be work related or personal.Co-workers were absolutely fantastic and I keep in touch with them all. Some of them tended to come and see me if they had problems and I would listen to them and help where I could.Losing patients.Learning that we had actually found a genetic reason for someone being ill and conversing with patients on a daily basis.

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Opportunities for experience, but leadership quality patchy

Project Manager(Former Employee) - Leeds, West Yorkshire - 4 March 2023

If you don’t like your role here, give it 18 months as there’s a good chance your team will be reshuffled and/or reorganised. The flip side of all this deckchair-rearranging, or the expectation that you’ll want to move on every 2 years, is that team cultures can vary widely. This can result in senior managers occasionally being very remote; in the worst cases it’s possible for them to get away with unprofessional / borderline-bullying behaviour.

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Facilities Technician(Former Employee) - Leeds - 5 February 2023

Everyone I have ever worked with was very kind and helpful. If I had any questions they wouldn't hesitate to take a few minutes out of their duties to show me how to do something. Everything was pretty much a smooth experience except for the supervisors... extremely pushy and rude, did not care about the staff's well-being as long as they would do the tasks they give and usually those tasks can be extremely unrealistic to achieve before my shift is over. So overall, the workplace itself was fine, the equipment was fine, most of the people except the supervisors were great to work with.