# Support Medical Secretary > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/support-medical-secretary/97edc8b7-d8f8-48c4-a022-e5918564e7df - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/support-medical-secretary/97edc8b7-d8f8-48c4-a022-e5918564e7df.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Prescot - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 5pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-22T00:02:03.008Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration_Mental_Health_Services/Administration_Mental_Health_Services-v8096545 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8096545?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen at Leigh Moss Hospital, for a caring and committed full time Support Medical Secretary to join our Administrative Team supporting the Community Mental Health Team. The post holder will provide a comprehensive and professional secretarial support service to an excellent standard, ensuring a high level of accuracy to the Mental Health Care Division. The post holder is expected to work closely with the services to type clinical correspondence in a timely manner to achieve KPIs. The post holder will be expected to work with a flexible approach, maintaining confidentiality at all times when dealing with service user/staff information. The post holder should have a good working knowledge of medical terminology and a willingness to expand on that knowledge to provide support to different specialities.  The post holder will be able to demonstrate flexibility and use own initiative to carry out duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation, thus enabling the medical team to utilise their time in an efficient manner. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide a comprehensive professional support secretarial service to an excellent standard ensuring a high level of accuracy to the Mental Health Care Division. Successful applicants will be able to organise their own workload and co-ordinate workload activities with other Medical Secretaries in the team. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and a friendly telephone manner. There is a need to be able to work to tight deadlines and withstand the pressure of a busy department and it is essential that you are able to work on your own. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities *** Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities *** ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen at Leigh Moss Hospital, for a caring and committed full time Support Medical Secretary to join our Administrative Team supporting the Community Mental Health Team. The post holder will provide a comprehensive and professional secretarial support service to an excellent standard, ensuring a high level of accuracy to the Mental Health Care Division. The post holder is expected to work closely with the services to type clinical correspondence in a timely manner to achieve KPIs. The post holder will be expected to work with a flexible approach, maintaining confidentiality at all times when dealing with service user/staff information. The post holder should have a good working knowledge of medical terminology and a willingness to expand on that knowledge to provide support to different specialities. The post holder will be able to demonstrate flexibility and use own initiative to carry out duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation, thus enabling the medical team to utilise their time in an efficient manner. ## Job Description The post holder will provide a comprehensive professional support secretarial service to an excellent standard ensuring a high level of accuracy to the Mental Health Care Division. Successful applicants will be able to organise their own workload and co-ordinate workload activities with other Medical Secretaries in the team. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and a friendly telephone manner. There is a need to be able to work to tight deadlines and withstand the pressure of a busy department and it is essential that you are able to work on your own. ## Responsibilities *** Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities *** ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent organisational skills - Audio typing skills - Ability to maintain confidentiality - Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service delivery - Ability to organise own duties and prioritise tasks within agreed timescales - Ability to undergo further training as necessary - Ability to uphold Trusts professional standards ### Qualifications **Essential** - RSA111 or equivalent - Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of working as a medical secretary - Experience of information systems - Knowledge of medical terminology - Willingness to gain understanding of local targets in order to take active part in achieving targets relevant to the role - Flexible working approach - Professional , caring , compassionate and empathic attitude **Desirable** - Experience/knowledge of people experiencing mental health issues - Experience of working in a health care setting ## Documents - [oh risk id (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10390281) - [employee benefits (pdf, 950.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2853) - [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400) - [your recruitment journey (pdf, 291.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2941) - [our people promise and charter (pdf, 5.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2513) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 343.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10390280) - [guidance for applicants: using ai to support your application (pdf, 92.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3044) ## 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.