# Medical Secretary > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary/fb636d48-a116-44c8-b213-0ffcc68e5585 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-secretary/fb636d48-a116-44c8-b213-0ffcc68e5585.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Harrogate - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Per Annum Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-28T10:13:17.325Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/Harrogate/Harrogate_District_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Living_with_Pain/Living_with_Pain-v8041922 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8041922?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hdft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Living with Pain and ME/CFS Service department. The post-holder will support the provision of an efficient and comprehensive secretarial support service to the Clinicians and other medical staff, prioritising work to ensure deadlines are met.   To maintain a high standard secretarial service  to meet the needs of the clinical team within the Directorate, ensuring successful organisation of workload using time management, whilst remaining calm when responding to changing priorities. The role also includes an administrative role, booking appointments for the service and managing the referrals that are received by the service. The post-holder must observe and work within the Trust’s Confidentiality Policy at all times. This post is for 30 hours per week. ### Main duties of the job - first point of contact for patient enquiries via phone calls and emails. - Processing of referrals for the service ensure they are registered and triaged in a timely manner. - Updating staff ledgers with patient appointment slots for the upcoming year. - Recording and typing minutes from team meetings. - Ordering stock for the team and receipting invoices. - Supporting the team with any queries/requests. General office duties. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further details, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions, please contact Dawn Smith  - \[email protected\]. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Living with Pain and ME/CFS Service department. The post-holder will support the provision of an efficient and comprehensive secretarial support service to the Clinicians and other medical staff, prioritising work to ensure deadlines are met. To maintain a high standard secretarial service to meet the needs of the clinical team within the Directorate, ensuring successful organisation of workload using time management, whilst remaining calm when responding to changing priorities. The role also includes an administrative role, booking appointments for the service and managing the referrals that are received by the service. The post-holder must observe and work within the Trust’s Confidentiality Policy at all times. This post is for 30 hours per week. ## Job Description first point of contact for patient enquiries via phone calls and emails. Processing of referrals for the service ensure they are registered and triaged in a timely manner. Updating staff ledgers with patient appointment slots for the upcoming year. Recording and typing minutes from team meetings. Ordering stock for the team and receipting invoices. Supporting the team with any queries/requests. General office duties. ## Responsibilities For further details, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions, please contact Dawn Smith - \[email protected\]. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Computer literate - Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times - Commitment to Continuing Professional Development **Desirable** - Knowledge of 18 weeks and CWT’s ### Experience **Essential** - Typing and secretarial experience - Touch typing skills - Experience working in an administration environment **Desirable** - Medical secretarial support - NHS Experience - Audio typing experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other IT skills acquired through training and practical experience including internet/web skills - A good standard of general education to GCSE level (including English Language at Grade C or above) or equivalent **Desirable** - Medical Secretaries Diploma or equivalent - ECDL - NVQ 2 Business Admin ## Documents - [trust policies & procedures (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10330489) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10330488) ## 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.