# Medical Secretary > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary/c876c136-5d14-47c0-b0b7-074ee575568d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary/c876c136-5d14-47c0-b0b7-074ee575568d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southend University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical secretary - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Monday is an essential working day) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-19T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-14T15:01:15.221Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Chelmsford/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical_Secretary/Medical_Secretary-v8213884 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8213884?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a secretary, or PA? Perhaps you work in a role with complex admin, or you have completed further education and looking for a role to get you into Healthcare. We have part time and full time roles that come with some great benefits including, a very generous holiday allowance, a brilliant pension and the opportunity to work with some great people. There is a wide range of support for staff covering a broad range of subjects such as child care, health and fitness and mental health, and financially supported schemes for travel such as cycle to work and discounted bus tickets . We can offer some great flexibility on working hours and working patterns and full training and mentoring is available if required. In a different role currently and think you have skills that can transfer? We can offer a range of fabulous training including opportunities that start you in a support role with a fast track training programme to allow you to progress, through to apprenticeships that will take you all the way through to be able to obtain a degree. We would welcome applications for cover full time or part time or job share. No VISA sponsorship available for this role, and previous candidates need not apply. ### Main duties of the job Support Consultants and their teams in all aspects of the administrative management of patient care including all clinical correspondence. Act as the liaison between all parties involved in the patient care, following strict confidentiality protocols. Currently we also have to manage physical patient health records so you need to be fit enough to lift up to 10kg – this is an essential requirement for the role. The Medical Secretarial Service employs over 160 staff supporting the Trust consultants and their teams in 22 specialities with administrative and secretarial functions. The secretarial service is fundamental and forms the foundation for the support of all clinical activity. The role can be demanding at times, however, our friendly teams thrive on working hard and supporting each other to fulfil the job role. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description. We look forward to your application! Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received. Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Accurate spelling and understanding of medical terminology - Audio transcription **Desirable** - Experience of using Patient Administration System or EPR software. - Knowledge of NHS systems ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE / O’ Level English & Maths - grades A to C or equivalent. **Desirable** - AMSPAR level 3 or equivalent terminology experience ## Documents - [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077) - [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504) - [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947) - [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979) - [leadership and management framework (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 184.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10521728) ## 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.