# Senior Medical Secretary - Peterborough > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-medical-secretary-peterborough/2f756a9d-98a2-4140-a5c2-bb0afa6340cc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-medical-secretary-peterborough/2f756a9d-98a2-4140-a5c2-bb0afa6340cc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Peterborough City Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical secretary - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (or secondment) - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T08:11:26.302Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_Medical_Secretary_Peterborough/Senior_Medical_Secretary_Peterborough-v8264192 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8264192?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Urology Department within the Surgery Division. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our very busy and dedicated admin team. The successful candidate will assist in the provision of an efficient and responsive service required to work with the clinical team to ensure the provision of a patient pathway, which is receptive to the needs of the patient and responsive to Trust requirements. The successful candidate will provide administrative support to Consultants and their medical team within the Department and also ensuring the provision of an effective service. The successful candidate will also have line management responsibility for a small team of admin staff. ### Main duties of the job - To provide efficient and comprehensive medical secretarial and administrative support. - To act as a joint point of contact for all enquiries, using tact, diplomacy and confidentiality. - To manage the specialty administration and clerical workload, ensuring appropriate delegation of tasks to members of the specialty team and re-prioritisation when required. - To undergo training as necessary to meet the needs of new developments within the Service. To identify training for members of the specialty secretarial team in conjunction with the Admin & Performance Co-Ordinator/Admin Pathway Co-Ordinator (APC). - Respond to enquiries (personal and telephone) ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times. - To liaise with patients, consultants/teams, operational areas and departments, pre-assessment centres, wards, and other departments and communicate with patients, relatives and other hospitals. - Undertake yearly appraisals for Medical Secretary & Secretarial Assistant - To facilitate the efficient and effective administrative pathways for all patients, including cancer patients where appropriate. This will include actively managing, monitoring and tracking patients. - Where necessary for the specialty, work with the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to support meetings, which may include cancer patients, ensuring that they are run effectively and efficiently in line with local and national standards. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description and person specification for more information regarding the role. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good standard of written and verbal communication at all levels - Organisational skills and a flexible approach to work - Ability to prioritise workload and work under pressure to ensure deadlines are achieved ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge and understanding of Confidentiality and the Data Protection ACT **Desirable** - Understanding and working practice of NHS performance targets including 18 week referral to treatment times ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of using MS Office, particularly MS Word and Outlook - Previous Office experience - Experience of working with the general public and/or professionals - Demonstrate and understanding of customer care/ability to work with sensitive and confidential information **Desirable** - Experience of working within the NHS and an understanding of medical terminology - Experience of using Hospital systems, for example PAS (Patient Administration System ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to GCSE level standard English Language and Maths at Grade A – C (or equivalent) **Desirable** - NVQ II or III Business Administration ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886) - [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865) - [agile working matrix (pdf, 16.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10578355) - [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745) - [senior medsec band 4 ps (pdf, 160.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10578354) - [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788) - [senior medical secretary jd (pdf, 552.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10578353) ## 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.