# Band 4 Medical Secretary - Diabetes > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-4-medical-secretary-diabetes/5080b4df-9868-4a4c-8c2c-7a0528ee025b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-4-medical-secretary-diabetes/5080b4df-9868-4a4c-8c2c-7a0528ee025b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 to £31,157 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time, Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-07-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-02T09:17:13.253Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C0020-26-0971?employerCode=C0020 - **Application URL:** https://uhb.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/15308?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.uhb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated full-time band 4 medical secretary to join our friendly secretarial team within the Diabetes Department based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who relishes a challenge and is keen to use their own initiative. The successful candidates will be required to be a key member of the Secretarial Team, always providing a professional and high quality secretarial and administrative service. ### Main duties of the job We are looking for someone with a minimum of 2 years' medical secretarial experience, excellent touch-typing and audio typing skills, a good knowledge of medical terminology, good working knowledge of the RTT pathway, experience with managing waiting lists, and someone who is a team player but has the initiative to complete their individual tasks in a timely manner. We would like the successful candidate to be proactive, approachable, and supportive to both patients and colleagues, to have a conscientious approach to their work, and the ability to demonstrate administrative experience and be able to meet the main duties of the role as identified in the job description. You must possess excellent organizational skills and be experienced in dealing with confidential information. We are a supportive, friendly team who look forward to welcoming the successful candidate into our team. ### About us University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role. ### Details - Date posted: 02 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 4 - Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working - Reference number: 304-1101242 - Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* ## Job Details We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated full-time band 4 medical secretary to join our friendly secretarial team within the Diabetes Department based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who relishes a challenge and is keen to use their own initiative. The successful candidates will be required to be a key member of the Secretarial Team, always providing a professional and high quality secretarial and administrative service. ## Job Description We are looking for someone with a minimum of 2 years' medical secretarial experience, excellent touch-typing and audio typing skills, a good knowledge of medical terminology, good working knowledge of the RTT pathway, experience with managing waiting lists, and someone who is a team player but has the initiative to complete their individual tasks in a timely manner. We would like the successful candidate to be proactive, approachable, and supportive to both patients and colleagues, to have a conscientious approach to their work, and the ability to demonstrate administrative experience and be able to meet the main duties of the role as identified in the job description. You must possess excellent organizational skills and be experienced in dealing with confidential information. We are a supportive, friendly team who look forward to welcoming the successful candidate into our team. ## Responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - *Experience of dealing with the Public/Customer service experience - *Experience of working with a range of Microsoft Office packages (eg. Word, Excel and Outlook) - *Experience of using IT systems **Desirable** - *Experience of working in a busy environment - *Experience of working in Healthcare ### Qualifications **Essential** - *Good General Education (e.g. GCSE English and Maths A-C) GCSE Level 9-4 - *Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a clerical environment **Desirable** - *AMSPAR Certificate/equivalent qualification or equivalent knowledge of medical terminology ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - *Work effectively and flexibly as part of a team to meet the needs of the services - *Confident in dealing with people at all levels - *Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity - *Mature open and flexible approach to work - *Demonstrates care and compassion - *Good inter-personal and communication skills. - *Good organisational skills - *Team Player - *Conscientious - *Demonstrates reliability, motivation and commitment **Desirable** - *Ability to work under pressure and deal with stressful situations ## Documents - [Band 4 Med Sec JD PS .pdf (PDF, 507 KB)](document:2977656) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.