# Support Secretary - IFU

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Salford
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata, per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14T11:51:21.176Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Salford/Northern_Care_Alliance_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Intestinal_Failure/Intestinal_Failure-v8154111
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8154111?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We require an enthusiastic and highly motivated Support Secretary to play an important role, dedicated to ensuring excellent standards of care to the Intestinal Failure Unit

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Intestinal Failure (IF) Team providing comprehensive support across the department. You will work alongside the IF administration team on the intestinal failure unit, the post will provide you with an exciting challenge and give you the opportunity to play a key-supporting role to the multidisciplinary team.

You will provide efficient clerical and typing support to the IF team in a rewarding and friendly environment.  This is an interesting and varied role and you will have the ability to meet demands of working in a department dealing with confidential and sensitive issues in a professional manner.

### Main duties of the job

You will have a degree of administration experience, excellent communication skills and be proficient with a wide variety of Microsoft Office packages, knowledge of Patient Centre, Medisec, record management and clinic management would be beneficial. A strong commitment to personal and professional development and teamwork are essential for this post.

There is a high level of contact with external service users therefore good interpersonal skills are a priority. Strong organisational skills and accuracy are required and the ability to flexibly manage and prioritise a full workload using your own initiative. You will be able to organise and prioritise your own workload and balance this with the demands of this diverse and varied role.

The role also consists of MDT co-ordination, conference co-ordination and data collection and inputting.  The intestinal failure unit is a national reference centre and will be a point of contact for IF centres in the North of England.

### 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 working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- OCR/RSA Text Processing level 2 or equivalent

**Desirable**

- ECDL & AMSPAR, NHS experience

### Skills & Abilities

**Essential**

- Good attention to detail
- Excellent telephone manner including good listening skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills

### Knowledge & Experience

**Essential**

- Proven office experience in a hospital setting or similar
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft applications
- Previous experience of working within a team and also alone
- Excellent word processing and audio typing skills

**Desirable**

- Experience as a Secretary
- Experience of working in a hospital
- Knowledge of Intestinal Failure

## Documents

- [fr form (docx, 62.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10454127)
- [candidate information pack (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3016)
- [support secretary - ifu (docx, 383.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10454126)
- [sponsorship & evisa information (pdf, 141.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2708)

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