Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Previous experience in a secretarial role within a health setting.
- Experience
Experience of working in a busy office environment.
- Experience
Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
- Qualifications
RSA/OCR Level III or equivalent level of knowledge, skills and experience.
- Qualifications
Good standard of education.
- Aptitude and Abilities
Excellent keyboard and audio typing skills
- Aptitude and Abilities
Excellent communication and telephone skills.
- Aptitude and Abilities
Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Aptitude and Abilities
Confidentiality and diplomacy.
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Previous NHS experience
- Experience
Knowledge of NHS/Health Board applications, i.e. WPAS
- Qualifications
Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Qualifications
Medical Secretary qualification eg. AMSPAR, ECDL.
- Aptitude and Abilities
Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above
- Aptitude and Abilities
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
Job overview
The Specialty Medicine Directorate are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and suitably qualified Support Medical Secretary to support the directorate based at the Princess of Wales Hospital.
The post holder will be required to work within a team using their own initiative and demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills.
There are two positions available supporting Cardiology or Diabetes and Endocrinology.
This post is a fixed term/secondment for 12 months to meet the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Main duties of the job
The main purpose of this role will be to provide secretarial duties such as audio typing of medical correspondence, mail and filing duties, managing patient pathways and liaising with staff, patients, relatives/carers and external partners.
A good understanding of the principles of Referral to Treatment guidelines is also required and an empathetic approach to customer care, therefore an excellent telephone manner will need to be demonstrated.
This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. Whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means being able to use Welsh in routine workplace situations, such as greeting customers, answering calls, responding to routine enquiries, providing information, arranging appointments and taking messages. Have a look at our ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below for more information. If you have these Welsh language skills, please apply.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Support Medical Secretary with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in Bridgend, Wales. It is listed as a Band 3 Medical secretary role. The advertised salary is £26,813 - £27,890 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (fixed term/secondment for 12 months due to service needs). The application deadline is 05 Oct 2026.
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