Freelance Patent Secretary London, Greater London, UK

Multi-skilled: Legal/Medical/PA :- Fast - Copytyping/Digital audio: documents, thesis, dissertations, reports, proofreading, CVs, powerpoint, writer (pls check skills), proofreader - fast turnaround

Rating:	Unrated (New)
Hourly Rate:	£15.56
Available From:	Now
Seller ID:	256324
	: Offers a discounted hourly rate to registered charities

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CV

My work experience covers 1. legal (Family/Matrimonial, Litigation and Commercial), 2. medical, 3. intellectual property (specialised), 4. banking and 5. insurance brokers and 6. Personal Assistant.

1. Typing of Declarations and various legal documentation including Opinions and Pleadings - Intellectual Property, Family/Matrimonial, Litigation and Commercial.

2. Knowledge of medical terminology, typing medical reports etc. Administrative duties. Telephone liaison with doctors and patients. Contacting local authorities and speaking to Social Workers. Arranging meetings. Composing letters to doctors, clinics, patients, photocopying and faxing.

3. Patents: Typing and filing Britsh/Designs/European patent specifications (including e-filing at the European Patent Office Online) Areas of Expertise: Biotechnology/Biochemical, Structural Chemicals, Pharmaceutical, Medical Tech, Mechanical, Electrical, Designs, Computer Tech, Telecommunications and Designs etc. Also involved Commercial and Litigation matters. Diary management of cases due (taking out files, matching correspondence, dealing with the cases and putting them away), typing composed letters, sending out standard letters, reporting Official Actions, confirmations, reminders, typing legal documentation (Commercial and Litigation), composing invoices, alerting Partner to urgent matters, telephone liaison with various other agents abroad, and with Patent Offices.

Trademarks: filing various types of trademarks, typing composed letters, standard letters, responses, typing legal documentation sending faxes, requesting extensions of time, filing trademarks and oppositions.

4. Mail merges, typing letters, lots of audio, photocopying, faxing, posting share certificate(s) to various clients and companies.

5. Typing letters, minutes and meeting notes (standard format), binding Pension policies, putting together and binding meeting notes, filing, faxing and photocopying.

6. All of 1-5 above including paralegal, diary management, arranging travel, accommodation, currency, delegating work, telephone liaison to persons of high levels, training members of staff and seeing to the day-to-day running of a Department of 10+ staff.

Typing/Audio Skills: 120wpm/100+wpm

Computer Skills including databases
Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Office XP, Progressor, Patricia 4.0, Navision, Comus, Improtech, Outlook Express, Microsoft Exchange and Lotus

Personal skills:
I am effective with time management and I am able to manage my time on a day-to-day basis. I enjoy working in a busy/quiet environment and I am able to prioritise my work to deadlines set. I have good professionalism and efficiency when dealing with contacts and have good communication skills.

Employment History

(Apr 2008 & ongoing)

Patent Secretary

Central London

Working full-time, available evenings from 6pm onwards, weekends & bank holidays.

(Jan 2008 to Mar 2008)

PA/Legal/Medical/Administrator Secretary

Central London

Currently temped at Beck Greener and Haseltine Lake (both Patent and Trademarks) and freelancing.

(Aug 2005 to Nov 2007)

Patent Secretary

High Holborn, London.

Duties: Full secretarial support to a Partner and 1 Assistant Patent Attorney
Reason for leaving: Redundancy.

British/Design/European/Divisional filings with standard letters. Typing litigation and commercial documentation. Lots of audio typing of letters and correspondence. Typing specifications (sometimes from scratch), amendments to previous specifications. Telephone liaison with clients UK and overseas. Telephone liaison with Patent Offices, filing, composing invoices and photocopying. Booking lunches at restaurants. Occasional secretarial cover for trademarks. Weeding files for archiving.

(Sep 2000 to Jul 2005)

PA/Medical/Legal/Administrator

Various temp agencies, London

Working on and off in various roles as per the Job Title/Role description above (long term bookings) and also:

Worked as a patent secretary for Gill Jennings & Every. Dealing with incoming post, audio typing of correspondence and filing.

Worked as a medical secretary at Beckton Clinic. Working for 6 psychiatric consultants. Typing (audio) medical reports including chasing of results, contacting Health Authorities from various Boroughs and taking minutes.

Worked as a medical secretary/administrator at St Thomas & Guys Hospital in Nuclear Medicine. Typing out results and sending them and writing to GPs. Dealing with patient's queries. Working for one of the doctors. Lots and lots of filing. Organising patient care services. Liasing with members of staff regularly.

Worked as a medical secretary at Aon Limited (Finsbury Healthcare) and also held a post as a Health Administrator. Typing (audio) medical reports, lots of telephone liaison with clients regarding their employees' health questionnaires. Setting up appointments and telephone liaison with employees. Arranging appointments for Health Visitors to visit work premises regarding ergonomic tests/checks. Telephone liaison with doctors regarding queries, including chasing of results and lots and lots of filing.

(Feb 1996 to Jun 2000)

Patent Secretary

Glaxo Wellcome, Greenford Middx

Duties: Full secretarial support to 1 Senior Partner and 3 Technical Assistants.

Audio, copy typing, filing, composing correspondence to clients overseas, composing invoices, faxing, photocopying, diary management: arranging travel, currency and accommodation. Filing European and British specs and forms with standard letters. Telephone liaison with Patent Offices and Agents overseas, paralegal duties, setting up teleconferences/videolink conferences arranging meetings, arranging buffets, chairing/secretary of meetings, taking and typing minutes, and ocasional secretarial cover for trademarks.

(Sep 1993 to Feb 1996)

PA/Legal Secretary

Various temp agencies, London

Working on and off for various temping agencies as a secretary/Personal Assistant.

Duties: Audio, copy typing, filing, composing invoices, composing correspondence to clients overseas, faxing, photocopying, diary management: arranging travel, currency, accommodation and training members of staff.
Duties: Full secretarial support to 2 Senior Partners and 3 Technical Assistants.

(Oct 1989 to Sep 1992)

Patent & Trademark Secretary

Lloyd Wise Treagear & Co, The Strand London

Reason for leaving: Redundancy

Lots of filing of European and British specs and forms including filing Trademarks at the relevant Patent Offices with standard letters. Audio typing lots of correspondence, composing letters, standard letters, telephone liaison, setting up new computers, filing, paralegal duties, typing litigation and commercial documentation, composing invoices and photocopying.

(Oct 1986 to Mar 1992)

Mother

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Had 2 children - Oct 1986 to March 1988.

Had another child March 1992

(Apr 1985 to Jun 1986)

Thames Valley University Position: Secretary/Administrator (agency work)

Thames Valley University, Ealing London

Thames Valley University Position: Secretary/Administrator (agency work)

Post, dealing with student queries, telephone liaison, typing various forms and letters.

(Sep 1984 to Apr 1985)

Junior Secretary

Kelloggs, Wembley Middx

Company: Kelloggs- Position: Jnr Secretary
Duties: Shared Secretarial support for a team of 6 people

Opening and distributing the post, typing letters and constructuction specs, filling out order sheets, filing, photocopying and making the tea and coffee.