RESUME OF PAULINE BOWYER
Lauderhill, Florida
acej1s@r.postjobfree.com
Tel: 954-***-****
EDUCATION
University of Manchester, England
BA (Hons) Dip, Learning Disability Studies
North Trafford College of Further Education
Secretarial and Business Course
Diploma
Manchester, England
Central High School for Girls
Manchester, England
IT PACKAGES
Microsoft Office 2007, Worksite Document Management System; Delta View;
Groupwise; Outlook; Arista; CMS Finance Software; Case Manager System -
Axxia; Wisdom, Independent Practice Solutions (IPS), Patient Information
System (PIMS); Patient Administration System (PAS); Medi-Sec; Digital
Dictation-Olympus Transcription Module, Express Scribe
Current Employment
May 2014 - to present
Human Services Division
Broward Government Centre, Fort Lauderdale
Temporary Data Entry/Support Clerical services clerk
Compiling data for Homeless Initiative Project and other clerical duties as
and when required.
2012-2014 Freelance - Online Digital Transcriber/Secretary (On an-hoc
basis) - Independent
Digital transcription of confidential and sensitive police and criminal
evidence interviews (PACE) and the transcription of university research,
focus group interviews and medico legal reports.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
July 2012-December 2012
Medical Support Secretary
Typing, filing, photocopying, faxing, archiving, covering for secretarial
absences within the children's hospital.
From September 2009 to July 2012 returned to university
April 2007-2009
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospital National
Health Service Trust, Manchester, England
1. PA/Directorate Administrator/Complaints Co-Ordinator to Directorate
Manager of Acute Surgery and Surgical Specialties Division
2. Receptionist/Secretary to Case Managers, Patient Advice and Liaison
Service
3. Medical Support Secretary, Children's Hospital
Skills and duties
Liaison with various inter-departmental administrative staff when dealing
with complaints from patients and their relatives. Responding to phone
enquiries in relation to patients and public enquiries, with Healthcare
Commission Case Managers and ICAS advocates. Administrative duties i.e.
replying to acknowledgement letters, typing emails, meeting notes and
reports; updating database in respect of patients and their relatives;
handing out information as requested.
Diary management such as the maintenance of office and personal diaries,
arranging one-to-one meetings with the managers within the Directorate,
taking notes for the Consultant's Business Meetings and Orthopaedic
Clinical Governance meetings, liaising with Consultants and Managers within
the Surgical Specialties Division; co-ordinating the management and
administration of the Greater Manchester Surgery Centre to assist in
decreasing hospital waiting times for surgery and also responsibility for
the co-ordination of the Directorate's complaints and medico-legal matters
on behalf of the Directorate Manager in accordance with the Trust's
Complaints Procedure. Undertaking and coordinating projects at the request
of the Directorate Manager.
Reason for leaving: To commence university
May 2004-October 2006
Secretary to Deputy Director, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility,
Grafton Street, Manchester
Assisting other clinical members of staff within the Facility, which
comprises of diary management which included complete management of the
Deputy Director's email account and prioritizing, filtering and responding
where appropriate; organizing meeting, venues and travel arrangements.
Providing an accurate and efficient secretarial service, development and
maintenance of electronic and paper filing system for easy retrieval;
working pro-actively with the clinical and administrative staff in order to
assist the Director in processing studies through the Facility; arranging
one-to-one meetings with the managers within the Facility and also external
meetings with members of other organization wishing to use the Facility for
further clinical studies; filtering and responding to emails where
appropriate without recourse to Deputy Director; fielding of telephone
calls to Deputy Director; preparation of materials for presentation and
preparing information packs; providing assistance in the recruitment of
staff; arranging scanning schedules for sonographers involved in an
(ovarian screening) study being conducted; organizing meeting dates,
arranging agendas, co-ordination of documentation; note-taking of Research
Practice Nurse meetings, ad-hoc duties; updating of studies conducted
within the Facility, reception cover, servicing the Seminar Room i.e.
setting up conference equipment. Also, assisting with the organizing of
seminars, meetings and conferences.
Reason for leaving: To increase salary
August 2003- February 2004
Manchester Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Manchester Royal
Infirmary, Hospital
Personal Assistant/Ward Clerk, providing a personal assistant/secretarial
role to the Modern Matron Manager along with the various multidisciplinary
staff within the Department, i.e. doctors, consultants, nurses, ward
managers, occupational therapists, psychologists, which consisted of audio
typing of letters and reports, minutes, discussion documents, guidance
notes; preparation and circulation of papers for meetings; dealing with
internal and external telephone enquiries; checking and distribution of
ward post.
Reason for leaving: Secondment contract completed
July 2003-August 2003
Fountain Court Barrister Chambers, Temple, London
Word Processing Operator, Providing a word processing and secretarial
service to barristers within the chambers, also reception duty to cover
absences and lunch break
Reason for leaving: Change in personal circumstances
October 2002-June 2003
Agency contract positions working within various law firms in Manchester
and London, where I have worked on a permanent or floating capacity
covering various legal departments as a legal secretary and/or word
processing operative working on large contract documents using redline and
strikeout, completing timesheets, scheduling meetings, filing and
photocopying. Departments I have covered have been Corporate Finance, Real
Estate, Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks, medical negligence,
personal injury, Dispute Resolution, Construction and Planning, Charity and
Parliamentary.
I have also carried out duties in my capacity as a Legal Secretary,
reception duties by manning the switchboard, booking couriers arranging
meeting rooms and setting up conference call meetings.
October 2001-September 2002
Addleshaw Booth & Co, London
Legal Secretary in the Corporate Finance Group. Providing secretarial and
administrative support to lawyers in the Corporate Finance Group.
Reason for leaving: Redundancy
References available on request