# Senior Medical Secretary - Gastroenterology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-medical-secretary-gastroenterology/b8572c3e-1fbc-40a7-ae03-65b10d370fed - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-medical-secretary-gastroenterology/b8572c3e-1fbc-40a7-ae03-65b10d370fed.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bath - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £27,485 - £30,162 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2025-11-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-10-29T17:01:43.734Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Gastroenterology/Gastroenterology-v7532254 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7532254?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ruh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Gastroenterology team is looking for a Senior Secretary to oversee a busy secretarial team who are focused on providing a full and comprehensive secretarial/admin support to the Gastroenterology Department.  This is a large specialty looking after both Endoscopy and Gastroenterology and Hepatology outpatients. The applicant should be both enthusiastic and flexible to meet the many needs of the Department, willing to lead and contribute to the process of improvements to the service we offer patients. We are looking for an individual with excellent keyboard, audio and communication skills who works well as a member of a team as well as providing leadership within the role. ### Main duties of the job To provide a comprehensive secretarial service and support to assigned consultant(s) and their team by: - Providing a complete medical secretarial service including word processing, audio typing, scanning and the composition of letters. To provide a fast and accurate copy and audio typing service to the department, producing clinic letters and other documents. - Preparing and organising papers for meetings, attending and taking notes when necessary. To assist the Gastroenterology Admin Manager in the management of the secretarial staff by: - Organising and ensuring the smooth running of the secretarial functions within the department, including implementing processes - Developing computerised systems for managing information and paperwork within the office. - Carrying out the day to day supervision of secretarial staff within the department - Carrying out appraisals To be the department resource and expert in administration process and computer systems by: - Providing support and ensuring staff receive appropriate training - Acting as a “trouble shooter”. - Identifying ways of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the functioning of an office / systems ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role. ## Job Details The Gastroenterology team is looking for a Senior Secretary to oversee a busy secretarial team who are focused on providing a full and comprehensive secretarial/admin support to the Gastroenterology Department.  This is a large specialty looking after both Endoscopy and Gastroenterology and Hepatology outpatients. The applicant should be both enthusiastic and flexible to meet the many needs of the Department, willing to lead and contribute to the process of improvements to the service we offer patients. We are looking for an individual with excellent keyboard, audio and communication skills who works well as a member of a team as well as providing leadership within the role. ## Job Description To provide a comprehensive secretarial service and support to assigned consultant(s) and their team by: To assist the Gastroenterology Admin Manager in the management of the secretarial staff by: To be the department resource and expert in administration process and computer systems by: ## Responsibilities Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of one year in a secretarial role - Knowledge of office and administration procedures **Desirable** - Previous NHS medical secretarial experience - Knowledge of NHS systems, eg Millennium ## Documents - [join the ruh (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2907) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9781619) ## 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.