# Medical Secretary - Oncology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary-oncology/c43ef9ad-2684-4519-9e11-fafe9ad8594f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary-oncology/c43ef9ad-2684-4519-9e11-fafe9ad8594f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Stepping Hill Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical secretary - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Pro-rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 21.75 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-25T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T09:20:35.840Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Stockport/Stockport_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Oncology/Oncology-v8292597 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8292597?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stockport.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Medical Secretary - Oncology ### Band 3 ### 21.75 hours ### Permanent To provide an effective and efficient Support Medical Secretary service to named Consultants within the Oncology/Medicine services. To provide support for the team of Medical Secretaries in order to meet trust targets. ### Main duties of the job - To provide a personal assistant and medical secretarial service directly to named Consultants under the medicine business group. - To collate information for clinical audits if required - To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners and any other official correspondence i.e. reports· - To be responsible for and collation of investigation results· - Responsible for obtaining relevant investigation results from PACS and Intranet result service.· - To deal with day-to-day incoming mail, assigning priority and/or taking any necessary action without reference to consultant staff if necessary and within remit - To ensure patient pathways are updated as appropriate. - To respond to enquiries received from GP’s and other Health Personnel, patients and relatives - To maintain patient records and track notes electronically in a manner acceptable to the Trust - Engage in the use of Evolve and all other electronic patient notes system - To observe absolute confidentiality of all information obtained in the course of your work - To liaise with Health Records/Appointments staff regarding outpatient clinic numbers and urgent appointments - To cover, as practical, other secretarial team member absences - To deal with day to day incoming mail, assigning priority and / or taking any necessary action - To actively participate in the introduction of and use of information technology ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded. The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of medical terminology **Desirable** - Working knowledge of PAS and Winscribe and/or NHS Systems ### Experience **Essential** - Previous medical secretarial experience ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Able to work under pressure / Able to prioritise own workload - Ability to use own initiative / Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels - Understand and carry out instructions accurately ### Qualifications & Education **Essential** - GCSE English OR equivalent experience - RSA II Typing or equivalent OR equivalent typing experience - AMSPAR Medical Secretarial Qualification and or Extensive Medical Secretary Experience ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 310.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2576) - [applicant guide (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1756) - [our behaviours - care (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1757) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 672.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10610843) ## 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.