# Typist - General Surgery

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/typist-general-surgery/27c33c9d-0f2f-4ae0-b8e3-14c94cc9c324
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/typist-general-surgery/27c33c9d-0f2f-4ae0-b8e3-14c94cc9c324.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Leighton Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 PA
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-04T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-23T11:21:32.693Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Crewe/Mid_Cheshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Surgery_Administration/General_Surgery_Administration-v8257169
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8257169?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.mcht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the General Surgery Administration Team, which incorporates, Colorectal, Upper GI Vascular and Breast on a 12 month fixed-term opportunity.

We are looking for someone with fast, accurate typing skills and the ability to provide administration support to a busy team who provide a secretarial/administration Consultants and their teams.

You will be motivated, have excellent communication skills and be able to work on your own initiative. Knowledge of medical terminology and audio typing would be an advantage.

The post-holders will work as part of a team in a shared office environment.

### Main duties of the job

- To assist the PA/ APA in providing a comprehensive secretarial service, organising and making arrangements, typing and distribution of documents and reports, recording information and filing, ensuring that all information and documentation is produced to expected standards of performance, and according to agreed timescales.
- Provide a comprehensive clerical service to the Divisions, undertaking all relevant work-related tasks including retrieval, preparation and filing of patient information/data, arranging transport, booking appointments, correspondence, photocopying, faxing and emailing, distributing reports and letters according to the requirements of the service, where appropriate.
- Maintain systems and process to ensure that patient information/data is available at the right time, that they are in the right place, and that they are complete and accurate according to the agreed quality standard.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Update patient information/data when patients have been seen, according to the agreed quality standard, locate and retrieve supplementary documentation for patient information/data as required, filing diagnostic reports and essential documents in the appropriate place.
- Maintain the case note tracking system, ensuring that is functioning correctly, promptly solving and/or reporting difficulties and hold-ups.
- Be able to use the required electronic systems for correspondence, clinic management and the retrieval of results, as and when required.
- Maintain constructive relationships with others, within and across Divisions and externally in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services to patients.

Please see full job description.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills,
- Ability to work as part of a team

### Values

**Essential**

- Must demonstrate the Trust’s values around both raising concerns at work, and how to treat others who raise concerns.
- A commitment to quality and safety.

### Qualifications & Knowledge

**Essential**

- Proficient in computer skills, ECDL or equivalent, Microsoft Office.
- Typing/ Keyboard experience

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of hospital systems (PCS)
- Knowledge of Medical Terminology

## Documents

- [typist job description (pdf, 384.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10570348)
- [internal secondment agreement (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2211)
- [guide to completing the application (pdf, 518.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1884)
- [mid cheshire hospitals benefits brochure (pdf, 1.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2791)

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