Senior Medical Secretary

Job overview

Senior Medical Secretary

Band 4 - Fixed term post -until April 2027

Great possible secondment opportunity!

The Medicine Division is a dynamic and fast‑paced environment offering a wide range of opportunities to broaden your experience. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that values professionalism, mutual respect and continuous improvement. We pride ourselves on creating a positive workplace where staff feel supported, listened to and able to develop their careers. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role at the heart of clinical services, working closely with Consultants and multidisciplinary teams to deliver outstanding patient care. As a Senior Medical Secretary, you will be a highly valued member of the Medicine Division, providing comprehensive and proactive secretarial support to Consultant-led teams. You will act as a point of contact for clinicians, patients and external agencies, ensuring high standards of communication, organisation and professionalism at all times.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a personal assistant and senior medical secretarial service directly to consultants under the medicine business group.
• To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners and any other official correspondence i.e. reports
• Arranging appointments as required
• Be responsible for arranging special tests requested by the Consultant or Junior Medical Staff
• To be responsible for and collation of investigation results
• To deal with day-to-day incoming mail, assigning priority and/or taking any necessary action without reference to consultant staff if necessary and within remit
• To ensure patient pathways are updated as appropriate.
• Engage in the use of Evolve and all other electronic patient notes system
• To undertake any other duties as may be required as appropriate by the Consultant or line manager in accordance to the needs of the service

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role is unfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Health and Care Worker OR Skilled Worker visa route. This is due to the position not meeting the minimum salary threshold of £41,700 per annum and the required skill level set by UK Visas and Immigration.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.