# Speciality Secretary Admin & Clerical Band 3 - Clinical Biochemistry > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/speciality-secretary-admin-and-clerical-band-3-clinical-biochemistry/eb54aa72-af4f-4250-8226-bc9249c22955 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/speciality-secretary-admin-and-clerical-band-3-clinical-biochemistry/eb54aa72-af4f-4250-8226-bc9249c22955.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Cheltenham - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 (p,a pro rata if part-time) - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (FTC- 12 months) - **Employment type:** Part time - 25 hours per week (Mon to Fri (specifics to be agreed)) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-13T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-29T10:31:03.625Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/Gloucestershire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Chemical_Pathology/Chemical_Pathology-v8072321 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8072321?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Speciality Secretary Admin & Clerical Band 3 - Clinical Biochemistry (25 hours a week - Fixed Term 12 months) We are seeking an individual  to join our busy Chemical Pathology team as required during the Mon-Fri period for a fixed term 12 month period only. If you are interested in working in a busy, hardworking but friendly team, then we would love to hear from you. Ideally you will be familiar with secretarial and/or admin & clerical processes within the NHS, however full training will be given to develop your skills. It is essential that you possess an excellent work ethic with proven organisational and communication skills. As part of the Chemical Pathology Admin & Clerical team, you will work closely with a team of clinical and managerial staff. The role is based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. This main focus of this fixed term role will be to support a large variety of administrative task designed to support the management team  within Clinical Biochemistry, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The role will require a significant amount of VDU time. Additional working pattern details: Mon to Fri (specifics to be agreed) ### Main duties of the job As an A&C colleague in our busy department, you will work as part of a hardworking administration team and will be responsible for providing an efficient admin service to our team of Chemical Pathology consultants. You should possess excellent communication and administrative skills, be flexible and proactive and have a can-do attitude at all times. You will provide an excellent work ethic and commitment to supporting our clinicians and admin team in their day to day duties, with a positive and professional manner at all times. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To answer the main laboratory enquiry line. To provide hospital staff, GP's and patients with sampling conditions and specimen information from laboratory protocols. To give out authorised results, take requests for urgent work and additional tests. To reassign priority of request processing, add additional tests to request already entered onto the laboratory computer system and liaise with laboratory staff as appropriate. To deal with patient enquiries some of whom are upset and agitated. Typing letters to patients. GPs, medical staff and any other required addressee following clinical attendance or other patient contacts. Highlighting on the case notes any investigations, outpatient appointments, results that are pending and require action from the team or supervisor. Using the Laboratory Information System for updating and extracting patient information on a daily basis, including patient data entry at VDU- to include interpretation and entry of clinical details, test selection from over 300 individual tests and prioritisation of request and result entry data. To deal appropriately with inputting problems, incomplete or conflicting data on request forms and incorrect samples. To check invoices , record information onto the database, photocopying and maintaining a filing system. Entry of returned result data from other laboratories into the Laboratory Information System, ensuring reports are compliant with consultant requirements. Generate on Lab Information System, lists of outstanding patient requests referred to other laboratories and chase up results in a timely manner to ensure target turnaround times are achieved. See full Job description for further details. ## Job Details Speciality Secretary Admin & Clerical Band 3 - Clinical Biochemistry (25 hours a week - Fixed Term 12 months) We are seeking an individual to join our busy Chemical Pathology team as required during the Mon-Fri period for a fixed term 12 month period only. If you are interested in working in a busy, hardworking but friendly team, then we would love to hear from you. Ideally you will be familiar with secretarial and/or admin & clerical processes within the NHS, however full training will be given to develop your skills. It is essential that you possess an excellent work ethic with proven organisational and communication skills. As part of the Chemical Pathology Admin & Clerical team, you will work closely with a team of clinical and managerial staff. The role is based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. This main focus of this fixed term role will be to support a large variety of administrative task designed to support the management team within Clinical Biochemistry, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The role will require a significant amount of VDU time. Additional working pattern details: Mon to Fri (specifics to be agreed) ## Job Description As an A&C colleague in our busy department, you will work as part of a hardworking administration team and will be responsible for providing an efficient admin service to our team of Chemical Pathology consultants. You should possess excellent communication and administrative skills, be flexible and proactive and have a can-do attitude at all times. You will provide an excellent work ethic and commitment to supporting our clinicians and admin team in their day to day duties, with a positive and professional manner at all times. ## Responsibilities To answer the main laboratory enquiry line. To provide hospital staff, GP's and patients with sampling conditions and specimen information from laboratory protocols. To give out authorised results, take requests for urgent work and additional tests. To reassign priority of request processing, add additional tests to request already entered onto the laboratory computer system and liaise with laboratory staff as appropriate. To deal with patient enquiries some of whom are upset and agitated. Typing letters to patients. GPs, medical staff and any other required addressee following clinical attendance or other patient contacts. Highlighting on the case notes any investigations, outpatient appointments, results that are pending and require action from the team or supervisor. Using the Laboratory Information System for updating and extracting patient information on a daily basis, including patient data entry at VDU- to include interpretation and entry of clinical details, test selection from over 300 individual tests and prioritisation of request and result entry data. To deal appropriately with inputting problems, incomplete or conflicting data on request forms and incorrect samples. To check invoices , record information onto the database, photocopying and maintaining a filing system. Entry of returned result data from other laboratories into the Laboratory Information System, ensuring reports are compliant with consultant requirements. Generate on Lab Information System, lists of outstanding patient requests referred to other laboratories and chase up results in a timely manner to ensure target turnaround times are achieved. See full Job description for further details. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - IT experience and proficiency in Microsoft Office Packages **Desirable** - Previous secretarial experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE or equivalent at Grade C or above in literacy and numeracy **Desirable** - RSA level three or demonstrable experience - NVQ in Administration level 3 or demonstrable experience ### Knowledge & Skills **Essential** - Good communication and interpersonal skills with a good command and understanding of spelling, punctuation and grammar - Appropriate experience in a hospital **Desirable** - Proven organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Quick learner with problem solving skills - Ability to work well under pressure - Ability to work flexibly within a team, quickly and accurately **Desirable** - Demonstrate well rounded personality, calm disposition and good attitude to work ## Documents - [why work for us - rewards and benefits (pdf, 3.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2952) - [jd speciality secretary a&c band 3 clinical biochemistry with personal spec (pdf, 232.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10374441) ## 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.