# Senior Medical Secretary > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-medical-secretary/336573e5-07a3-42f2-ac1f-4bd4bc73ac16 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-medical-secretary/336573e5-07a3-42f2-ac1f-4bd4bc73ac16.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Kings Lynn - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 7½ hrs per day) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T09:12:47.834Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Kings_Lynn/The_Queen_Elizabeth_Hospital_Kings_Lynn_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical_Secretariat/Medical_Secretariat-v8064880 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8064880?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity to join team QEH as a Senior Medical Secretary. As Senior Medical Secretary, you will provide an efficient, confidential and reliable service to specialty teams. This will include administrative and secretarial support to enable the provision of patient care and specialty services. Good communication skills essential to ensure a proficient, high quality service for patients and clinicians. You will be expected to work as part of a Specialist Team and will report to the Medical Secretary Manager and Deputy Manager. If this role fits your profile then we would love to have you as part of our team. ***PLEASE NOTE: Previous applicants need not apply. This post may also close early once sufficient applications have been received.*** ### Main duties of the job You will provide full secretarial support to a specific Consultant and his/her team within the Medical Secretariat, largely working on your own initiative. You will liaise with the other medical secretaries and colleagues in the team to ensure a smooth transference of information within the service. You should be well organised and used to dealing with the public, ensuring confidentiality, efficiency and politeness. You must be able to prioritise your own workload. A sound knowledge of audio typing and medical terminology is desirable for the post.  Experience of the Patient Centre system in accordance with Trust procedures.  Assist in a timely way the co-ordination of care pathways (full training will be given). You will be required to work to a very high standard, as would be expected of a Senior Medical Secretary. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role. ## Job Details We have an exciting opportunity to join team QEH as a Senior Medical Secretary. As Senior Medical Secretary, you will provide an efficient, confidential and reliable service to specialty teams. This will include administrative and secretarial support to enable the provision of patient care and specialty services. Good communication skills essential to ensure a proficient, high quality service for patients and clinicians. You will be expected to work as part of a Specialist Team and will report to the Medical Secretary Manager and Deputy Manager. If this role fits your profile then we would love to have you as part of our team. ***PLEASE NOTE: Previous applicants need not apply. This post may also close early once sufficient applications have been received.*** ## Job Description You will provide full secretarial support to a specific Consultant and his/her team within the Medical Secretariat, largely working on your own initiative. You will liaise with the other medical secretaries and colleagues in the team to ensure a smooth transference of information within the service. You should be well organised and used to dealing with the public, ensuring confidentiality, efficiency and politeness. You must be able to prioritise your own workload. A sound knowledge of audio typing and medical terminology is desirable for the post. Experience of the Patient Centre system in accordance with Trust procedures. Assist in a timely way the co-ordination of care pathways (full training will be given). You will be required to work to a very high standard, as would be expected of a Senior Medical Secretary. ## Responsibilities Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrate an understanding of customer/patient care/ability to work with sensitive and confidential information. - Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines **Desirable** - Knowledge of PatientCentre systems database - Knowledge and understanding of the Data Protection Act - Knowledge of Medical terminology ### Skills, abilities and knowledge **Essential** - Commitment to self development - Good written and verbal communication skills with a good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar - Ability to work quickly and accurately, and use own judgement and initiative when required ### Qualifications/training and professional development **Essential** - Educated to GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent) in literacy and numeracy. - NVQ level 3 in administration or equivalent experience or RSA level III or able to demonstrate equivalent skill (proficient and accurate audio typing skills (minimum 60 wpm). - IT experience of Microsoft Office packages - Secretarial experience in a hospital/medical office environment **Desirable** - Knowledge of word - auto text and auto correct - Audio typing ## Documents - [our values (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2570) - [establishing identity (pdf, 243.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1315) - [say hello to wage stream (pdf, 7.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2393) - [recruitment policy overview (pdf, 125.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2961) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 872.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10355568) ## 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.