Medical Secretary - Haematology

Job overview

To provide a comprehensive secretarial and PA service to clinical members within the speciality, including coordinating meetings, coordinating clinic preparation, booking clinic appointments, submitting data returns, producing clinic letters, other documents and dealing with patient and GP queries and concerns in a sympathetic and constructive manner.

Main duties of the job

Educated to A Level or Level 3 Business Admin/IT qualification or equivalent.

Touch typing certificate or equivalent

Secretarial qualification (RSA III) or equivalent experience

Experience of administrative work

Prioritising, planning and organising own tasks

Working within guidelines and developing administrative processes

Customer service and dealing with enquiries in difficult situations

Data entry and producing reports

Experience of IT packages – Microsoft Office

Secretarial and/or administrative including diary management, coordinating and arranging meetings, minute taking and developing templates

Audio typing

Understanding of confidentiality and data protection

Understanding of customer service

Understanding of NHS targets

Ability to work as part of a team

Excellent communication skills including telephone, email and face to face

Ability to organise and manage own timekeeping to schedule and deadlines

Ability to adapt to change

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to store and safeguard confidential documents

Ability to show attention to detail and accuracy

Willing to take on and learn new skills

Accurate and speedy typing and keyboard skills

Good organisational skills

Ability to use own initiative and work autonomously

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

-        applied for a Graduate visa

-        or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 26th May 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 8th June 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.