# Medical Secretary - ENT- Fixed Term > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary-ent-fixed-term/6e7ff66c-8bb1-4d9e-abd8-76b20c912543 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary-ent-fixed-term/6e7ff66c-8bb1-4d9e-abd8-76b20c912543.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** West Bromwich - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (Mon-Fri) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-02T13:22:16.016Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Sandwell_West_Birmingham_NHS_Trust/Surgical_Services/Surgical_Services-v8069107 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8069107?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swbh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our existing secretarial team at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. This will be working within the ENT Department based at Sandwell Health Campus. The role will require strong communication skills and a knowledge of Cancer Pathways and RTT is desirable. Within our Trust, all full time secretaries provide full secretarial support to 2 consultants and their junior doctors, while working together as a team.  A part time secretary will provide full secretarial support for 1 consultant and their junior doctors. ### Main duties of the job As the Medical Secretary, you will  manage the administrative processes associated with patient pathways and contribute to the overall effectiveness of clinical teams (this including patient experience, patient flow and waiting list management). You will provide secretarial and administrative support to Consultants and clinical teams to support  in the delivery of high quality co-ordinated and integrated care. This will including liaison with patients, carers, GP’s and other service users. You will book appointments for patients on cancer pathway within National Targets and will be responsible for raising any capacity issues with the Line Manager. Robust knowledge of IT systems is required as well as an ability to work with multiple systems at the same time. Excellent typing speed and grammar is also desirable. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our existing secretarial team at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. This will be working within the ENT Department based at Sandwell Health Campus. The role will require strong communication skills and a knowledge of Cancer Pathways and RTT is desirable. Within our Trust, all full time secretaries provide full secretarial support to 2 consultants and their junior doctors, while working together as a team. A part time secretary will provide full secretarial support for 1 consultant and their junior doctors. ## Job Description As the Medical Secretary, you will manage the administrative processes associated with patient pathways and contribute to the overall effectiveness of clinical teams (this including patient experience, patient flow and waiting list management). You will provide secretarial and administrative support to Consultants and clinical teams to support in the delivery of high quality co-ordinated and integrated care. This will including liaison with patients, carers, GP’s and other service users. You will book appointments for patients on cancer pathway within National Targets and will be responsible for raising any capacity issues with the Line Manager. Robust knowledge of IT systems is required as well as an ability to work with multiple systems at the same time. Excellent typing speed and grammar is also desirable. ## Responsibilities Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Substantial experience within the NHS - Knowledge of waiting list / patient management systems - Knowledge of PAS systems and other relevant databases **Desirable** - Cancer Services knowledge and/or experience - Experience of managing 18 week pathways ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE English and Maths Grade C and above - Excellent IT skills to include complex databases - AMPSAR qualification or evidence of extensive knowledge of medical terminology - RSA Typing Level 2 or equivalent **Desirable** - NVQ3 in a relevant subject to the role i.e. Business Administration or willingness to work towards ## Documents - [swb- sustainability (pdf, 49.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2657) - [surgical secretary ps (pdf, 87.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10360356) - [candidate briefing pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2982) - [jd -surgical secretary (pdf, 196.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10360355) - [swb reward & recognition guide (pdf, 704.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2604) - [flexible working document – healthier futures (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2437) ## 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.