# Medical typist for Colorectal and General Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-typist-for-colorectal-and-general-surgery/614b2b50-1bb9-43cb-b18c-f8061469bed8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-typist-for-colorectal-and-general-surgery/614b2b50-1bb9-43cb-b18c-f8061469bed8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Westcliff On Sea - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) - **Contract type:** Permanent: 30 HOURS PER WEEK - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (Working flexibly across the week within the core hours of 08.00am - 18.00pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-12T07:42:58.363Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Westcliff_on_sea/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Surgery/General_Surgery-v7861226 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7861226?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Here and Mis and South Essex Foundation Trust we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our expanding team in General Surgery. As a Medical Typist your responsible for checking and typist letters for our clinical teams. Liaise with Medical Secretaries making them aware of any actions on patient’s pathway (ie. outstanding appointments, investigation requests to support the patient’s  care pathway and achievement of waiting time targets. Ensure that all correspondences are dispatched promptly to patients, GP’s and other health care provider’s as required within agreed timeframes Be responsible for the typing of reports (ensuring that where required any outstanding appointments or tests are escalated to the relevant Medical Secretary for action. Maintain good working relationship with Medical Secretaries liaising and raising issues as necessary thus ensuring effective management of the patient pathway within the 18 weeks standard and cancer pathways. No VISA sponsorship available for this role ### Main duties of the job Please refer to the full job description for full details of this role , however some of your duties will include the following: Audio typing of clinical letters, operation notes and discharge summaries as directed    by the Junior Service Manager to meet divisional specific KPI in relation to turnaround targets ensuring a high standard of accuracy and quality. Provide a high-quality clinical typing service to a team of consultants supporting the Divisional Patient Pathway Coordinators. To be responsible for typing clinic letters, reports and other clinical correspondence in line with the Trust’s contractual key performance indicators (KPIs). Follow standard operating procedures, which describe how the functions of the role will be carried out along with given timescales and key performance indicators that will be adhered to. Work as part of a team providing cover for colleagues during sickness and annual leave where appropriate. This may include providing typing support in other departments. You will need fast and accurate audio typing skills and a sound knowledge of medical terminology. Checking of letters via the new DIT3 system. Any other duties within the role of a Medical Typist and within the grade of your post ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Are you looking for an exciting Medical Typist role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you. For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications. ## Job Details Here and Mis and South Essex Foundation Trust we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our expanding team in General Surgery. As a Medical Typist your responsible for checking and typist letters for our clinical teams. Liaise with Medical Secretaries making them aware of any actions on patient’s pathway (ie. outstanding appointments, investigation requests to support the patient’s care pathway and achievement of waiting time targets. Ensure that all correspondences are dispatched promptly to patients, GP’s and other health care provider’s as required within agreed timeframes Be responsible for the typing of reports (ensuring that where required any outstanding appointments or tests are escalated to the relevant Medical Secretary for action. Maintain good working relationship with Medical Secretaries liaising and raising issues as necessary thus ensuring effective management of the patient pathway within the 18 weeks standard and cancer pathways. No VISA sponsorship available for this role ## Job Description Please refer to the full job description for full details of this role , however some of your duties will include the following: Audio typing of clinical letters, operation notes and discharge summaries as directed by the Junior Service Manager to meet divisional specific KPI in relation to turnaround targets ensuring a high standard of accuracy and quality. Provide a high-quality clinical typing service to a team of consultants supporting the Divisional Patient Pathway Coordinators. To be responsible for typing clinic letters, reports and other clinical correspondence in line with the Trust’s contractual key performance indicators (KPIs). Follow standard operating procedures, which describe how the functions of the role will be carried out along with given timescales and key performance indicators that will be adhered to. Work as part of a team providing cover for colleagues during sickness and annual leave where appropriate. This may include providing typing support in other departments. You will need fast and accurate audio typing skills and a sound knowledge of medical terminology. Checking of letters via the new DIT3 system. Any other duties within the role of a Medical Typist and within the grade of your post ## Responsibilities Are you looking for an exciting Medical Typist role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you. For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths - RSA/OCR typing/text transcription stage II or equivalent experience **Desirable** - Knowledge of medical terminology ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Previous administrative and typing experience - Experience if working with IT office packages **Desirable** - Previous clerical and/or secretarial experience in an hospital environment ## 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) - [behaviours framework (jpg, 298.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880) - [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947) - [applicant ms teams checklist (pdf, 560.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2943) - [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979) - [medical typist - so - general surgery-b2 (pdf, 744.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10289688) ## 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.