# SWNS Medical Secretary > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/swns-medical-secretary/23cab6bf-f605-4643-ba1c-3e719bf2e854 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/swns-medical-secretary/23cab6bf-f605-4643-ba1c-3e719bf2e854.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Homerton University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical secretary - **Salary:** £34186.00 to £37389.00 - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (3 days a week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 5pm - no working from home) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 22.5 hours per week (Part time, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 5pm - please note this role is not suitable for home working) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-28T15:49:59.153Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8300771 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8300771?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our current experienced Medical Secretariat Team within SWNS Division at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic Secretary who can provide a competent and effective Secretarial Service to Consultants and their teams within SWNS Division. ***ADVERT MAY CLOSE EARLY DUE TO HIGH APPLICATIONS*** ### Main duties of the job By the nature of the duties, the post holder will be required to maintain strict confidentiality and will be expected to deal with patients, carers, relatives, medical staff and other visitors within the Division in person and/or in writing, with courtesy and discretion at all times. The post holder must be able to work with limited supervision, use own initiative, keep to strict deadlines and have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills. Previous experience working as a Medical Secretary is essential. You should have knowledge of office equipment and systems along with word/processing/typing or equivalent and knowledge of Medical Terminology. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - NHS IT systems or similar **Desirable** - Experience using Microsoft packages such as Excel - NHS experience ### Skills/ Abilities **Essential** - Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines - Ability to work on your own initiative ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to GCSE level or equivalent **Desirable** - Medical Secretary qualification ### Trust Values, Equal Opportunities and Other Requirements **Essential** - Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 196.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10620029) ## 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.