Job requirements
Essential
7 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Previous administration or secretarial experience
- Experience
Audio typing experience
- Qualifications
GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
- Qualifications
Experience of working with a digital dictating system
- Skills ability and knowledge
Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality
- Skills ability and knowledge
Evidence of excellent communication skills
- Skills ability and knowledge
Proficient in the English Language
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
ECDL/IT qualifications
- Qualifications
Medical Terminology
- Skills ability and knowledge
Team player
- Skills ability and knowledge
Ability to work alone
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen within our Elective Medicine Secretarial Team for a Band 3 Specialist Secretary within the Cardiology Department.
Excellent communication and customer care skills, administration and advanced typing experience is required for this post. You will have daily contact with patients, medical and nursing staff and all relevant stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to contribute to ensuring the speciality achieves performance targets, efficiencies and an excellent administrative service. If you are interested in joining a dynamic and committed team with the enthusiasm to assist in a gold standard service then we want to meet you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Speciality Secretary - Cardiology with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in Lancaster, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Secretary role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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