# Support Secretary - Specialist Nursing Teams

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Poole Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical secretary
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 4 days a week
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 23.25 hours per week (4 Days)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16T12:01:17.342Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Bournemouth/University_Hospitals_Dorset_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Respiratory/Respiratory-v8300210
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8300210?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhd.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We’re excited to offer this opportunity within our Admin & Clerical workforce.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Support Secretary in the Respiratory Department at Bournemouth Hospital.

This Support Secretary role plays a vital role as it is to provide an efficient secretarial service to the Specialist Nursing Teams in Respiratory (DAIRS, Lung Care & TB Service) and to support colleagues during absence. The role deals with answering enquiries of the shared email box and telephone work in communicating with patients who have specific lung problems some of which have cancer or suspected cancer.

Applicants will have a broad spectrum of administration skills and demonstrable typing skills. In addition to this, applicants should have excellent communication skills, attention to detail and a willingness to work as part of a team.

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital & Poole (if required)

Interview Date – 13th October 2026

### Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

## Person Specification

### Guidance

**Essential**

- Qualifications GCSE in English and Maths or Vocational level 3 in a relevant field
- Experience as working as a medical secretary
- Other Requirements Good verbal and written skills

**Desirable**

- Minute taking skills

### Technical Skills

**Essential**

- Computer literate with word processing experience
- Understanding Secretarial procedures & MS Word

**Desirable**

- Audio Typing
- NHS Experience

### Other Requirements

**Essential**

- Good verbal & written skills
- Team Player
- Well presented

### Personal attributes

**Essential**

- Ability to deal with sensitive issues like cancer
- Ability to organise own work load

**Desirable**

- Prioritisation

## Documents

- [dbs - faqs (pdf, 102.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2417)
- [job description (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10619446)
- [person specification (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10619444)

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