# Medical Secretary - Cardiology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary-cardiology/2a5ba54d-f11b-4e58-8aca-22bcec3aa2c9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary-cardiology/2a5ba54d-f11b-4e58-8aca-22bcec3aa2c9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Papworth Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical secretary - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25760.00 to £27476.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T15:06:33.687Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9175-26-0313 - **Application URL:** https://papworth.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/1991?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.royalpapworth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary We are delighted to offer an excitingfull-time opportunity for an enthusiastic and dedicated Medical Secretaryto 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 you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and want to be part of a team that makes a real difference to our patients' journey, we would love to hear from you. ### 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 ### 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: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 175-2627-1991 - 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of using Microsoft Office Applications - Knowledge or secretarial or administrative procedures and systems - Previous experience of working in an office environment - Previous experience of minute taking - Previous experience of audio-typing - The ability to communicate sensitive information to colleagues, patients and relatives - 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 - Utilise personal problem solving skills to assist patients, carers and staff - 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 - Ability to share knowledge and skills with other team members **Desirable** - Previous experience of working in the NHS - Previous experience of using medical terminology ### Qualifications **Essential** - Keyboard skills to RSA Level 2/3 or equivalent - Level 2 or equivalent in English & Maths - Level 3 or equivalent qualification or experience in Administration or Customer Service ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion. - Ability to treat all employees and other hospital information confidentially - Recognition of factors in maintaining own and others health, safety and security - Supportive of equality and values diversity ## 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.