Medical Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 07/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves providing comprehensive administrative and medical secretarial support to the Malvern, Evesham and Pershore Older Adult Community Mental Health Team. The post is 30 hours per week, with flexible working options. The successful candidate will handle telephone enquiries, digital dictation, appointment scheduling, and maintain patient records. It requires strong organisational, interpersonal, and communication skills to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Essential criteria
- OCR/RSA 3 qualification or equivalent in Text/Word Processing, or equivalent experience.
- Relevant Level 3 Medical Secretary qualification (e.g. Medical Terminology) or equivalent qualification or experience or Relevant Level 2 Medical Secretary qualification (e.g. Medical Terminology) or equivalent qualification/experience, with considerable recent Medical Secretary experience and will be expected to undertake the Level 3 qualification on appointment to post.
- GCSE at grade 9 4 (\*A-C) or equivalent in English language.
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
- Recent, relevant Administrative/Secretarial experience.
- Additional Criteria
- I understand the Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to work for this role, and employment on a time limited visa doesnt guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.
- OCR/RSA 3 qualification or equivalent in Text/Word Processing, or equivalent experience.
- Relevant Level 3 Medical Secretary qualification (e.g. Medical Terminology) or equivalent qualification or experience or Relevant Level 2 Medical Secretary qualification (e.g. Medical Terminology) or equivalent qualification/experience, with considerable recent Medical Secretary experience and will be expected to undertake the Level 3 qualification on appointment to post.
- GCSE at grade 9 4 (\*A-C) or equivalent in English language.
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
- Recent, relevant Administrative/Secretarial experience.
- Additional Criteria
- I understand the Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to work for this role, and employment on a time limited visa doesnt guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 23d ago · Closes in 8d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to
provide a comprehensive administrative and medical secretarial service with the
Malvern, Evesham and Pershore Older Adult Community Mental Health Team.
The core
working hours of the team are Monday to Friday 9-5 and the post is 30 hours per
week, which can be flexible.
There are
opportunities to develop specialist skills and you will receive regular
supervision. The role will be varied providing the successful applicant with an
opportunity to gain valuable experience within Older Adult Mental Health
Services.
As a
service we understand the importance of work/life balance and strive to find
individual ways to ensure that our team members can achieve this, whilst
ensuring we continue to deliver the best service to our patients.
The successful
candidate should have both organisational and interpersonal skills with the
ability to work well under pressure.
As
the successful candidate will be dealing with patients, relatives and other
healthcare professionals on the phone /email, applicants must have excellent
communication skills and will be expected to have a courteous and efficient
telephone manner.
Please note the Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to work for this role, to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status. Employment on a time limited visa doesn't guarantee sponsorship
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