# Medical Secretary > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary/b1b02cd7-934a-46b3-9962-6f13a15679b4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary/b1b02cd7-934a-46b3-9962-6f13a15679b4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Preston - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (full time) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-22T13:51:49.367Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Leyland/Lancashire_South_Cumbria_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8101819 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8101819?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This post forms part of a service currently subject to a service improvement and redesign programme. Service delivery models, roles and structures will be reviewed as part of the improvement process,  which may result in changes and a consultation process in line with the Trust’s Organisational Change Policy. The Trust is committed to supporting staff throughout this process and ensuring fair and transparent decision-making. At LSCFT we are passionate about providing high quality patient centred care. We are currently recruiting a forward thinking, reliable, enthusiastic established administration professional to join our busy administration team as a Medical Secretary based at Shawbrook House, aligned to The Bay Network. As a vital team member you will provide excellent administration and communication skills and work flexibly in response to the service needs. You will provide a comprehensive secretarial, administration and information service to the specified Consultant(s) and the Multi Disciplinary Team. You will facilitate the organisation of the workload for the Consultant(s) and co-ordinate your activities with other medical Secretaries and administration colleagues, to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided. You will also provide day to day support to the CAMHS team and administration colleagues. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate must possess strong interpersonal, communication and organisational skills, be computer literate and be able to use a variety of systems including Excel and Microsoft Office. You must also have significant administration experience including minute taking and audio typing and possess excellent time management skills along with the ability to manage competing demands and priorities. This is a varied, demanding and busy role and would suit someone who is highly motivated and capable of working on their own initiative, with a minimum level of supervision. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. ## Job Details This post forms part of a service currently subject to a service improvement and redesign programme. Service delivery models, roles and structures will be reviewed as part of the improvement process, which may result in changes and a consultation process in line with the Trust’s Organisational Change Policy. The Trust is committed to supporting staff throughout this process and ensuring fair and transparent decision-making. At LSCFT we are passionate about providing high quality patient centred care. We are currently recruiting a forward thinking, reliable, enthusiastic established administration professional to join our busy administration team as a Medical Secretary based at Shawbrook House, aligned to The Bay Network. As a vital team member you will provide excellent administration and communication skills and work flexibly in response to the service needs. You will provide a comprehensive secretarial, administration and information service to the specified Consultant(s) and the Multi Disciplinary Team. You will facilitate the organisation of the workload for the Consultant(s) and co-ordinate your activities with other medical Secretaries and administration colleagues, to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided. You will also provide day to day support to the CAMHS team and administration colleagues. ## Job Description The successful candidate must possess strong interpersonal, communication and organisational skills, be computer literate and be able to use a variety of systems including Excel and Microsoft Office. You must also have significant administration experience including minute taking and audio typing and possess excellent time management skills along with the ability to manage competing demands and priorities. This is a varied, demanding and busy role and would suit someone who is highly motivated and capable of working on their own initiative, with a minimum level of supervision. ## Responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of a range of secretarial duties - Good understanding of Microsoft Office applications - Knowledge of Safeguarding Agenda ### Experience **Essential** - Working in a Medical secretarial role - Audio Typing - Administration of meetings – organising, minute taking, document management. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good Level of education including Maths and English at GCSE or equivalent - Business Administration NVQ 4 or equivalent ECDL ## Documents - [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256) - [job description and personal specification (docx, 357.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10396023) ## 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.