Medical PA

Job overview

Thank you for applying to join the Children and Young People's Unit at the Royal Marsden.

This role is working for Consultants in the Paediatric Department at RMH Sutton. This position is transferring to the Evelina Hospital, London in October 2026.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Medical P.A. is key to the efficient management of the consultant firm.  Patient access to healthcare professionals and subsequent treatment planning in the specialist hospital setting relies upon well-co-ordinated organisational and administrative support.  The role of the Medical P.A. has been introduced at the Trust to strengthen the secretarial service, and this job description outlines the responsibilities that the post is likely to encompass. However, a number of the posts differ in their emphasis depending upon the size of the consultant’s clinical practice and administrative team, and whether he / she also has an Administrative P.A. and / or a Medical Secretary(s).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

• To act as the first point of contact for users of the service, and to proactively deal with telephone enquiries from patients, their Carers, GPs and colleagues in other hospitals in a professional manner.
• To type and distribute clinical and general correspondence for both NHS and private patients in line with Trust standards.
• To process new patient referrals within Trust and nationally agreed time frames, enabling compliance with quality standards for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
• To open and action your own electronic and paper mail and that of the consultant team, at least once a day.
• To input and maintain patient diagnoses and current clinical unit data on the Hospital Information System, and other patient-related information as required.