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Senior Medical Secretary


Location
Salary
£28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 4
Deadline
03 Aug 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
20 Jul 2026
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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.

We kindly ask that previous applicants do not apply.

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.

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

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