# Histopathology Medical Secretary > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/histopathology-medical-secretary/4d468fa4-eef7-4c8e-ad16-f08bf79792b0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/histopathology-medical-secretary/4d468fa4-eef7-4c8e-ad16-f08bf79792b0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Harrogate - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-28T12:42:53.687Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/Harrogate/Harrogate_District_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Histopathology/Histopathology-v8021870 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8021870?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hdft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP is an innovative joint-venture Pathology service between Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This partnership delivers a high quality Pathology service through collaboration between three Trusts for the benefit of patient and service users. The successful potholder will be employed directly by Harrogate Hospital. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical secretary to join our Histopathology Team at Harrogate & District Hospital. The Histopathology laboratory provides a clinically lead diagnostic Histopathology and Non-Gynae Cytology service to HDFT. The successful candidate will work in close collaboration with other Histopathology secretarial colleagues to provide an efficient and effective secretarial service for the Histopathology Department.  The post-holder must effectively provide all secretarial and administerial duties required to support and ensure continuity of service provision within the Histopathology Department. The Pathology team at Harrogate is highly regarded having an excellent reputation with service users. The focus of the department is on delivery of a high quality service with patients at the centre of everything we do. Our vision is to achieve excellence every time. The post is for up to 30 hours per week. Please note there is no progression onto the IBMS registration portfolio linked to this post. ### Main duties of the job - To undertake all secretarial and administration duties required by the Histopathology Department, in accordance with the Department’s written standard operating procedures and meeting the written standards for timeliness and typographical accuracy. - To produce histopathology and cytology reports, irrespective of source; using audio, copy and dictation methods, and using word processing and bespoke laboratory based systems. - Organise, attend, produce and circulate minutes and all documentation for Histopathology Department and or adhoc meetings. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information about this position please find the Job Description and Personal Specification attached. If you have any questions, please contact Janet Bingham  - \[email protected\] or 01423 555663 ## Job Details Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP is an innovative joint-venture Pathology service between Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This partnership delivers a high quality Pathology service through collaboration between three Trusts for the benefit of patient and service users. The successful potholder will be employed directly by Harrogate Hospital. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical secretary to join our Histopathology Team at Harrogate & District Hospital. The Histopathology laboratory provides a clinically lead diagnostic Histopathology and Non-Gynae Cytology service to HDFT. The successful candidate will work in close collaboration with other Histopathology secretarial colleagues to provide an efficient and effective secretarial service for the Histopathology Department. The post-holder must effectively provide all secretarial and administerial duties required to support and ensure continuity of service provision within the Histopathology Department. The Pathology team at Harrogate is highly regarded having an excellent reputation with service users. The focus of the department is on delivery of a high quality service with patients at the centre of everything we do. Our vision is to achieve excellence every time. The post is for up to 30 hours per week. Please note there is no progression onto the IBMS registration portfolio linked to this post. ## Job Description To undertake all secretarial and administration duties required by the Histopathology Department, in accordance with the Department’s written standard operating procedures and meeting the written standards for timeliness and typographical accuracy. To produce histopathology and cytology reports, irrespective of source; using audio, copy and dictation methods, and using word processing and bespoke laboratory based systems. Organise, attend, produce and circulate minutes and all documentation for Histopathology Department and or adhoc meetings. ## Responsibilities For further information about this position please find the Job Description and Personal Specification attached. If you have any questions, please contact Janet Bingham - \[email protected\] or 01423 555663 ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Good general education. GCSE or equivalent in English and Mathematics. - Working knowledge of Microsoft Office - Experience of audio typing/word processing - A good command of written English. **Desirable** - Secretarial qualifications up to RSA3, ITQ Level 2, ECDL, CLAIT or equivalent knowledge gained through relevant work experience. - Experience working in an NHS hospital and/or Pathology environment - Medical terminology ## Documents - [hdft policies and procedures (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10308386) - [jd - histopathology medical secretary - b3 (doc, 96.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10331456) ## 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.