# Medical Secretary - T&O > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary-tando/9c1f5f09-fb99-41c7-b7d8-da85a303a72e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary-tando/9c1f5f09-fb99-41c7-b7d8-da85a303a72e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust - **Town:** Nuneaton - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term Contract) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-14T15:00:40.295Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Nuneaton/George_Eliot_Hospital_NHS_Trust/TO/TO-v8117063 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8117063?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.geh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Medical Secretary - T&O - hours per week Fixed term for 12 months Salary: £28,392 - £31,157 per annum Closing Date: Tuesday 28th July 2026 Interview Date: TBC **This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. ** All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas. A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more #JoinTeamEliot ### Main duties of the job - To work as part of a speciality team providing full secretarial support for the consultants and clinical staff in the team. - The post holder will work closely with the team in ensuring that all clinics are typed speedily and accurately according to the guidelines laid down by the Trust. - Responsible for the typing and checking of clinic letters, reports, discharge summaries etc ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To work as part of a speciality team. Responsible for the typing of all correspondence relating to outpatients and inpatients as well as typing departmental correspondence. - Receives enquiries from patients and staff, resolving straightforward enquiries and forwarding more complex issues to the most appropriate member of the team. - Liaise professionally with all departments regarding admissions, waiting lists, ad hoc ward attenders and cancellations ensuring hospital policies are adhered to. - To organise meetings and appointments for the consultants and the speciality team and make adjustments in line with agreed protocols where necessary. To set up and maintain filing systems ensuring all documents are accurately and are appropriately archived. - To obtain investigation results and exercise judgement to ensure that medical attention is urgently drawn to histology and urgent telephoned results and all results are filed in the patient’s records. - To take responsibility for tracking patients notes in the office. To open and distribute post, prioritising any urgent post and ensuring relevant documentation is attached in addition to acting promptly and appropriately to all e-mail correspondence. For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Friendly and professional manner ### Skills **Essential** - Working knowledge of Computer systems **Desirable** - Knowledge of case note tracking policy and procedure - Knowledge of Winscribe dictation system - Working knowledge of Lorenzo systems - Supervisory experience within a health care setting - Knowledge of Medical Terminology ### Experience **Essential** - Good audio/typing skills - Good communication skills - Able to prioritise, delegate and organize tasks effectively - Friendly and professional telephone manner - Ability to work unsupervised in a professional manner - Demonstrate understanding of patient confidentiality **Desirable** - Knowledge of T&O ### Qualifications **Essential** - Able to demonstrate a good basic education - NVQ Level 3 Business Administration (or equivalent level of qualification or proven work experience) - Minimum of 2 years medical secretarial experience or similar role - RSA II (or equivalent level of qualification) **Desirable** - Understanding of RTT pathways ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Ability to respond to work as part of a team or on own initiative - Conscientious and hard working - Ability to deal with distressing situations - Tact, diplomacy and resilience - Proven flexibility - Ability to adapt to change - Commitment to personal development and service improvement ## Documents - [functional requirements (pdf, 620.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1934) - [medical secretary - t&o - jd (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10412801) - [medical secretary - t&o - ps (pdf, 368.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10412842) - [medical secretary - t&o - frf (pdf, 688.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10412843) ## 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.