# Senior Medical Secretary > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-medical-secretary/39f64a9a-bb68-4a32-860c-1138f42d6b0b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-medical-secretary/39f64a9a-bb68-4a32-860c-1138f42d6b0b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bolton - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Band 4 - Surgery - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T11:21:26.220Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Bolton/Bolton_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Trauma_Orthopaedics/Trauma_Orthopaedics-v8042692 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8042692?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.boltonft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Part-time 30 hours per week. Permanent post. We are looking for a highly organised medical secretary, with previous experience in a similar setting, who will work alongside other Senior Medical Secretaries, to carry out clinic typing, co-ordination of patients' case notes/test results, appointments, assistance with theatre listings, telephone messages amongst other general office duties.  The post holder will be based in the Trauma and Orthopaedic Secretarial Team at Royal Bolton Hospital. Candidates should be articulate, capable of undertaking a demanding workload and must be able to demonstrate a significant level of initiative.  Candidates should possess advanced keyboard skills including a high standard of word processing skills to RSA III or equivalent level qualification/experience, also GCSE English Language and Maths grade C/4 or above.  Previous medical secretarial experience, knowledge of medical terminology and audio typing is essential.  You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to prioritise workload.  You should also be able to integrate well with the existing team and have a genuine desire to provide a quality service to all patients and knowledge of the NHS is desirable. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be responsible for providing full medical secretarial and administrative support to the Trauma and Orthopaedic Team. General office duties including e-mail and computer systems, word processing ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For detailed job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification for the role, alternatively please see contact details below. ## Job Details Part-time 30 hours per week. Permanent post. We are looking for a highly organised medical secretary, with previous experience in a similar setting, who will work alongside other Senior Medical Secretaries, to carry out clinic typing, co-ordination of patients' case notes/test results, appointments, assistance with theatre listings, telephone messages amongst other general office duties. The post holder will be based in the Trauma and Orthopaedic Secretarial Team at Royal Bolton Hospital. Candidates should be articulate, capable of undertaking a demanding workload and must be able to demonstrate a significant level of initiative. Candidates should possess advanced keyboard skills including a high standard of word processing skills to RSA III or equivalent level qualification/experience, also GCSE English Language and Maths grade C/4 or above. Previous medical secretarial experience, knowledge of medical terminology and audio typing is essential. You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to prioritise workload. You should also be able to integrate well with the existing team and have a genuine desire to provide a quality service to all patients and knowledge of the NHS is desirable. ## Job Description The post holder will be responsible for providing full medical secretarial and administrative support to the Trauma and Orthopaedic Team. General office duties including e-mail and computer systems, word processing ## Responsibilities For detailed job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification for the role, alternatively please see contact details below. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Worked as part of a team - Ability to prioritise own workload **Desirable** - Minute taking skills - Ability to prioritise own workload ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of microsoft packages - Medical Terminology - Previous experience of speech report, LE2.2, ORMIS, ICE and CRIS ### Experience **Essential** - Previous Medical Secretary Experience **Desirable** - Orthopaedic Terminology ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE English and Maths Grace C/4 or above - RSA II audio typing qualification or equivalent experience - AMSPAR Medical Secretarial Diploma or equivalent experience - AMSPAR Medical Terminology **Desirable** - ECDL/IDT or equivalent ## Documents - [open letter (pdf, 235.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2681) - [band 4 medical secretary (docx, 74.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10331282) - [applicants with a disability (pdf, 207.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1983) - [band 4 med sec person specification (docx, 107.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10331283) - [welcome to bolton nhs foundation trust (pdf, 774.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3041) ## 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.