# Support Medical Secretary – Diabetes & Endocrinology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/support-medical-secretary-diabetes-and-endocrinology/0bd10a19-1d81-410d-8f3f-6a745001a48e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/support-medical-secretary-diabetes-and-endocrinology/0bd10a19-1d81-410d-8f3f-6a745001a48e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Preston - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £24,937 - £26,598 Per annum/Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Flexi) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-23T00:00:57.570Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Preston/Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Diabetes_Endocrinology/Diabetes_Endocrinology-v8034691 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8034691?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Would you like to work as part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other and create the best patient experience that you can?  If the answer is yes, then we would love to hear from you! A fabulous new opportunity for a Support Secretary for Diabetes & Endocrinology has arisen within the Medicine Division at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals based at Preston Royal Hospital. You will be a member of a team of support medical secretaries providing secretarial and administrative support to consultants, junior medical staff and any other staff.  You will support the efficient channelling of communication between medical staff, GPs, patients, relatives, members of the public and other disciplines within the Trust. ### Main duties of the job You will demonstrate excellent organisational skills, must be flexible in approach, able to exercise initiative and demonstrate a consistently high standard of professionalism, being aware of the need for confidentiality and integrity. You will be expected to cover aspects of the medical secretary's team leader role during periods of absence, as required by the service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - 📞 Be the point of contact for all day-to-day inquiries, referring where necessary to more senior staff. - 🗂️ Provide administrative and secretarial support to consultants junior medics. - 👩‍⚕️ You will often be the first point of contact for patients and clinicians and will be expected to work independently using your own initiative with minimal direct supervision. - 📅 Accurate maintenance of an electronic diary with effective communication of diary commitments. - ⏳ Chase progress on all issues with appropriate manager on behalf of the specialty and when necessary to ensure that deadlines are met. - 🗃️ Maintain efficient and effective administrative systems including bring forward, and message taking. - 🤝 Provide secretarial and administrative support when other members of the team are absent. - 💻 Use databases and computer packages where appropriate to initiate and maintain records and generate statistics for analytical purposes. - 📝 Accurately transcribe correspondence and reports by touch typing from audio dictation using knowledge of medical terminology. Daily use of TPRO (digital dictation). ## Job Details Would you like to work as part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other and create the best patient experience that you can?  If the answer is yes, then we would love to hear from you! A fabulous new opportunity for a Support Secretary for Diabetes & Endocrinology has arisen within the Medicine Division at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals based at Preston Royal Hospital. You will be a member of a team of support medical secretaries providing secretarial and administrative support to consultants, junior medical staff and any other staff.  You will support the efficient channelling of communication between medical staff, GPs, patients, relatives, members of the public and other disciplines within the Trust. ## Job Description You will demonstrate excellent organisational skills, must be flexible in approach, able to exercise initiative and demonstrate a consistently high standard of professionalism, being aware of the need for confidentiality and integrity. You will be expected to cover aspects of the medical secretary's team leader role during periods of absence, as required by the service. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good general education. Minimum GCSE English and Mathematics grade A-C **Desirable** - RSA 3 typing Qualification - ECDL or equivalent experience - Audio typing speed of 60 wpm ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Efficient use of Microsoft, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and intranet - Able to manage own workload and work autonomsly as part of a team. - Recent audio typing experience - Experienced and competent minute taking - Knowledge of medical terminology - Demonstrate a commitment to continuing personal and professional development **Desirable** - Previous admin experience in NHS environment - Use of Trust IT packages ie Flex , TPRO, Evolve - Advanced knowledge of medical terminology ## Documents - [admin support sec (pdf, 600.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10322487) - [what we can offer you (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2464) - [creating your best application (pdf, 6.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2433) ## 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.