# Microbiology Secretary

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

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- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/microbiology-secretary/efe105c1-f487-4ff7-807a-72244c6279c1
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/microbiology-secretary/efe105c1-f487-4ff7-807a-72244c6279c1.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Location:** Southport Pathology Administration Office
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover until October 2027)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-27T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13T11:20:58.632Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Southport_Merseyside_PR_PN/Mersey_West_Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Admin_Clerical/Admin_Clerical-v8148485
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8148485?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sthk.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

- To provide a comprehensive secretarial service to the Consultant Pathologists and their medical teams, Departmental Service Managers and their teams of Biomedical Scientists, Pathology Quality Team, Nurse Specialists, Directorate, Departmental and some Trust-wide committees

### Main duties of the job

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached detailed Job description and Person Specification for Microbiology Secretary role.

### Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Able to work the hours and duties required by the post
- Able to adopt flexible approach when required
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to build and maintain good working relationships within a team
- Comply with Trust policies and procedures
- Understanding of confidential nature of role and awareness of Data Protection Act
- Ability to withstand pressures of work

### Skills

**Essential**

- Self-motivated and able to work with limited supervision
- Ability to manage difficult/sensitive situations
- Able to use own initiative and manage/prioritise own workload
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to accurately maintain computerised and manual filing/documentation system
- Ability to work as part of a team

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of Hospital IT systems

### Experience

**Essential**

- 2 years’ experience as medical secretary
- Excellent IT skills with knowledge of experience of Microsoft office products

**Desirable**

- Previous experience within the NHS

### Our Values

**Essential**

- We are Kind
- We are Open
- We are Inclusive

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- RSA/OCRIII typing or equivalent
- Work processing skills
- Audio-typing skills
- Knowledge of medical terminology

**Desirable**

- AMSPAR or equivalent experience
- Shorthand skills/speed writing

## Documents

- [blank risk id (pdf, 384.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10450775)
- [job description (pdf, 480.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10447921)
- [staff benefits at mwl (pdf, 5.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2916)
- [person specification (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10447922)
- [mwl recruitment journey (pdf, 884.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2902)
- [important information for candidates (pdf, 128.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=663)
- [helpful tips to complete your application form (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2901)

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