Support Medical Secretary

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 30 April 2025

Job summary

Part time 31.5 hours per week. Permanent post.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Support Secretary in the Plastic Surgery Department at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual with excellent typing and organisational skills and experience of working to deadlines to provide secretarial support for the department.

We kindly ask previous applicants to this post not to re-apply on this occasion.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this post will be supporting the senior secretary in the daily typing of clinical correspondence, logging and chasing of diagnostic requests and general secretarial duties and providing cover for colleagues during periods of annual leave and sickness and ensuring the department continues to meet its targets

About us

We are committed to recruiting staff who demonstrate the core values and behaviours of the Trust and who are committed to the delivery of high quality services for patients, their families and our staff.

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

241-104AS-25-A

Job locations

Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road, Farnworth

Bolton

BL4 0JR

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role, please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent including English
RSA 11 Typing or equivalent / ECDL/ICT or equivalent

Desirable

Medical Secretary AMSPAR or equivalent experience

Skills

Essential

Evidence of Audio Typing Skills

Desirable

Ability to use LE2.2
Ability to use G2

Experience

Essential

Previous experience as a medical, relief or trainee secretary
Experience of working in a busy office

Desirable

Familiar with Medical Terminology

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent including English
RSA 11 Typing or equivalent / ECDL/ICT or equivalent

Desirable

Medical Secretary AMSPAR or equivalent experience

Skills

Essential

Evidence of Audio Typing Skills

Desirable

Ability to use LE2.2
Ability to use G2

Experience

Essential

Previous experience as a medical, relief or trainee secretary
Experience of working in a busy office

Desirable

Familiar with Medical Terminology

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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