# Medical Secretary - Obstetrics

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** West Bromwich
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £27,485 - £30,162 pro rata per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 15 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-09T14:03:18.019Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/West_Bromwich/Sandwell_West_Birmingham_NHS_Trust/Obstetrics/Obstetrics-v8144888
- **Employer website:** https://www.swbh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you an experienced NHS medical secretary looking to work within a friendly, established team and in a flexible and supportive working environment?  If your answers are yes please read on…

We have an exciting Medical Secretary positions available,  based at Sandwell Hospital working as part of the Obstetrics/Maternity team, 15 hours per week

The post holder will be providing secretarial support to a consultant obstetrician and the team. We offer flexible working and preferred working hours

The key requirements for this position are the AMSPAR qualification, or a minimum of 2 years previous medical secretary experience.

Candidates should also have experience of managing 18 week pathways and waiting list management, plus knowledge and evidence of patient information systems and other relevant IT systems.  Personal organisation, great communication skills and the ability to priorities workloads to juggle the ever changing priorities of the NHS are also essential, as is the experience of working in a fast paced environment.

### Main duties of the job

Actively managing the administrative processes associated with patient pathways and contributing to the effectiveness of clinical teams (including patient experience, patient flow and waiting list management) for specialty teams.

Co-ordinating, navigating and tracking a caseload of patients efficiently and effectively through their care pathway i.e. outpatients, day case, diagnostics and inpatients from referral to treatment and discharge for Obstetrics.

Providing secretarial and administrative support to Consultants and clinical teams to support the delivery of high quality co-ordinated and integrated care including liaison with patients, careers GP’s and other service users.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on 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**

- Experince of managing 18week pathway
- Cancer Services knowledge and/or experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Amspar or RSA Typing level 2
- Medical Terminology
- GCSE English and Maths grade C and above

**Desirable**

- RSA Typing Level 2
- AMSPAR

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 196.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443968)
- [person spec paeds (pdf, 87.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443969)
- [swb- sustainability (pdf, 49.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2657)
- [candidate briefing pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2982)
- [swb reward & recognition guide (pdf, 704.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2604)

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