Medical Secretary - Cardiology - 6 months fixed Term

Job summary

We are delighted to offer an exciting 6-month, full-time opportunity for an enthusiastic and dedicated Medical Secretary to join our friendly and supportive Clinical Administration Secretarial Team within Cardiology.

Medical Secretaries play a vital role in supporting our clinicians and ensuring the delivery of high-quality care and an excellent patient experience. With strong keyboard skills and excellent attention to detail, you will undertake a range of essential administrative duties, including transcribing clinical correspondence, adding patients to waiting lists, maintaining accurate records and inputting data.

As an effective communicator, you will be confident in providing clear and timely information to both internal and external stakeholders, while always maintaining patient confidentiality and professionalism.

Our team supports the Trust from two locations: Royal Papworth Hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Kingfisher House in Huntingdon. This post will primarily be based at Kingfisher House, with an expectation that you will also attend Royal Papworth Hospital, as required. Once you are fully trained and established in the role, there will be an opportunity to work remotely for part of the week.

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, and you are committed to upholding our Trust values of Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration, please make sure you demonstrate in your supporting information how you meet these values.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties include:

*Audio typing

*Tracking patients through the pathway -- Meeting Oncology waiting times

*Adding patients to the waiting list

*Communication with patients, relatives, and multidisciplinary teams

*Diary management

*Referral to Treatment (RTT)

Following training you will have:

*Knowledge of administrative systems

*Good understanding of the relevant patient information systems in order to carry out the role

*Good understanding of Referral to Treatment (RTT)

*Be able to input data carefully into the relevant patient systems

*Minute taking training

Abilities should include:

Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Excellent computer skills, with the ability to operate a specialist data base (following training).

The initiative to manage and prioritise your duties

The ability to work alone or as part of a team

The ability to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage

The ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality secretarial and administrative support

Able to organise, prioritise and adjust own workload in relation to the priorities of the department

Demonstrates personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources

Maintains the quality in own work and encourages others to do so

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour

Details

• Date posted: 20 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 3
• Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 6 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 175-2627-1993
• Job locations: Kingfisher House, Huntingdon, Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridge, PE29 6FH, United Kingdom, Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.