# Support Secretary to General Surgery

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/support-secretary-to-general-surgery/8fa77630-e9cf-4411-9602-a3cae969bbd6
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/support-secretary-to-general-surgery/8fa77630-e9cf-4411-9602-a3cae969bbd6.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- **Town:** Shrewsbury
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata/per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months ((secondment for internal) due to short term funding)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-15T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-01T12:13:08.481Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Telford/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/General_Surgery/General_Surgery-v8078067
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8078067?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking to appoint a Support Medical Secretary within our General Surgery team at the Community Diagnostic Centre.

The successful candidate will be a pivotal part of the secretarial team, providing an efficient and comprehensive support service at our PRH site working closely with our Gastroenterology and Breast teams using effective prioritisation skills to ensure deadlines and targets are met.

It is essential that the post holder exercises initiative and independent judgement whilst maintaining a high level of confidentiality and diplomacy at all times.  The post holder will be fully conversant with all Microsoft applications, word processing, Microsoft publisher, producing presentations using PowerPoint, maintaining databases on Excel and Access.

### Main duties of the job

- ·         This job is about helping a busy medical team by doing important office work. You will type letters and notes using a computer, sometimes by listening to recordings.
- ·         You will answer phone calls and help patients who may be worried or upset.
- ·         You will help keep patient records safe, tidy, and easy to find.
- ·         You will work with other teams and make sure messages and tasks are shared properly.
- ·         You will help keep the office running smoothly and support your team when needed.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Candidate Job Pack

## Job Details

We are looking to appoint a Support Medical Secretary within our General Surgery team at the Community Diagnostic Centre.

The successful candidate will be a pivotal part of the secretarial team, providing an efficient and comprehensive support service at our PRH site working closely with our Gastroenterology and Breast teams using effective prioritisation skills to ensure deadlines and targets are met.

It is essential that the post holder exercises initiative and independent judgement whilst maintaining a high level of confidentiality and diplomacy at all times. The post holder will be fully conversant with all Microsoft applications, word processing, Microsoft publisher, producing presentations using PowerPoint, maintaining databases on Excel and Access.

## Job Description

· This job is about helping a busy medical team by doing important office work. You will type letters and notes using a computer, sometimes by listening to recordings.

· You will answer phone calls and help patients who may be worried or upset.

· You will help keep patient records safe, tidy, and easy to find.

· You will work with other teams and make sure messages and tasks are shared properly.

· You will help keep the office running smoothly and support your team when needed.

## Responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Candidate Job Pack

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- High standard of grammar and spelling

**Desirable**

- - Touch type

### Experience

**Essential**

- Audio typing experience
- - Secretarial procedures
- - Knowledge of software procedures
- - Knowledge of Health and Safety in the workplace

**Desirable**

- Medical terminology
- NHS Experience
- Medical secretarial experience
- Customer care experience
- Experience/knowledge of PAS systems

### Education / Training

**Essential**

- 4 GCSE's (grades 9 - 4 or A - C)
- RSA Stage 3 typewriting and/or word processing

**Desirable**

- NVQ 3 in Business Administration
- ECDL

## Documents

- [candidate job pack (pdf, 637.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10420652)

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