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Breast Screening Medical Secretary

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Location
Worthing, England
Salary
£28,392 - £31,157 per annum
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 4
Deadline
19 Jun 2026
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed term)
Posted Date
05 Jun 2026
Medical Protection — indemnity for locally employed doctors from £79

Job overview

We are looking for a proactive person with administrative experience to join a friendly team as part of the integrated Breast Service.  The role will provide secretarial support to the management of the Breast Screening Programmes in both East and West Sussex based at the Park Centre for Breast Care with occasional travel to the Breast unit in Worthing.

Main duties of the job

Provide an efficient, effective medical secretarial service to the Breast Screening Department in both East Sussex Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, supporting the service with contract maintenance, rota systems, facilities lead for both screening services, organising meetings and taking minutes and pulling data.

Use the National Breast Screening Service database and CRIS system to ensure that the service runs in accordance with policy.

To review the contracts, ensuring you communicate when they are up for renewal and working with internal and external services to extend or renew contracts whilst keeping master copies up to date.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.

If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.

Provide an efficient, effective medical secretarial service to the Breast Screening Department in both East Sussex Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, supporting the service with contract maintenance, rota systems, facilities lead for both screening services, organising meetings and taking minutes and pulling data.

Use the National Breast Screening Service database and CRIS system to ensure that the service runs in accordance with policy.

To review the contracts, ensuring you communicate when they are up for renewal and working with internal and external services to extend or renew contracts whilst keeping master copies up to date.

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This advert is for Breast Screening Medical Secretary with University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in Worthing, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term). The application deadline is 19 Jun 2026.

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