# Personal Medical Secretary - Haematology

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

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Location:** Whiston Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical secretary
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum Pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03T09:01:52.895Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Prescot/Mersey_West_Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Admin_Clerical/Admin_Clerical-v8146913
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8146913?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sthk.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

### Haematology Personal Medical Secretary

### Permanent 22.5 hours per week

Pathology Medical Secretary to provide a comprehensive administrative service to the Consultant Haematologists, Haematology/Transfusion Team and the Pathology Management Team, Pathology Quality Manager, Nurse Specialists, Directorate, Departmental and some Trust-wide committees.

Assist in the organisation of the Consultants workloads and being the first point of contact for all forms of communication.

Manage your workload and co-ordinate activities with other team secretaries to ensure that an efficient service is provided.

Carry out duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation of the work. It is essential that you exercise initiative commensurate with the role and it is vital that confidentiality is maintained at all times.

The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change.

### Main duties of the job

Please see the attached documents, which provide a detailed overview of the Job Description and Person Specification. These documents outline the key duties, responsibilities, required qualifications, skills, experience, and competencies associated with the role for your review and consideration.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### 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**

- Excellent IT skills with knowledge of experience of Microsoft office products

**Desirable**

- 2 years’ experience as medical secretary
- 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 (docx, 96.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10454876)
- [job description (docx, 163.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10446767)
- [staff benefits at mwl (pdf, 5.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2916)
- [person specification (docx, 60.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10446768)
- [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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