Senior Medical Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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 is for an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Medical Secretary to provide comprehensive secretarial support to the Respiratory Team. The successful candidate will manage their own workload, work within time constraints, and maintain high standards of record-keeping and customer care. They will also guide and supervise the admin team, ensuring the smooth running of the department. This is a fixed-term position for 12 months.
Essential criteria
- NVQ Business administration L4 or equivalent experience Or City & Guilds (AMSPAR) Level 3Diploma in Medical administration or equivalent medical secretary experience
- RSA /OCR level 3 or equivalent experience or qualification in typing
- ECDL or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or working towards
- NVQ 3 Customer Service
- Experience of coordinating administration activities.
- Experience of working as a medical secretary
- Experience of organising workload and people
- Previous NHS Experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Advanced typing skills
- Will work unsupervised
- Excellent organisational skills
- Will prioritise own workload
- Minute taking experience
- Evidence of Continual Personal development
- Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft office applications
- ESR Self Service (or equivalent experience using it)
- Knowledge of Referral To Treatment process (RTT)
- Good team working ethic
- Enthusiasm and commitment
- Proactive and positive attitude
- Be innovative to meet the challenges of a changing organisation
- Customer focused approach
- Other
- If required be able to travel between sites if relevant to the demands of the post
- Welsh speaker
- NVQ Business administration L4 or equivalent experience Or City & Guilds (AMSPAR) Level 3Diploma in Medical administration or equivalent medical secretary experience
- RSA /OCR level 3 or equivalent experience or qualification in typing
- ECDL or equivalent experience
- Management qualification or working towards
- NVQ 3 Customer Service
- Experience of coordinating administration activities.
- Experience of working as a medical secretary
- Experience of organising workload and people
- Previous NHS Experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Advanced typing skills
- Will work unsupervised
- Excellent organisational skills
- Will prioritise own workload
- Minute taking experience
- Evidence of Continual Personal development
- Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft office applications
- ESR Self Service (or equivalent experience using it)
- Knowledge of Referral To Treatment process (RTT)
- Good team working ethic
- Enthusiasm and commitment
- Proactive and positive attitude
- Be innovative to meet the challenges of a changing organisation
- Customer focused approach
- Other
- If required be able to travel between sites if relevant to the demands of the post
- Welsh speaker
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,819 – £31,626 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Senior Medical Secretary
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and experienced secretary to provide comprehensive secretarial support to the Respiratory Team within the Medical Directorate. It is essential that applicants possess a high level of sound typing skills, hold a Medical Secretarial Qualification and qualify for at least RSA Stage 3 (or equivalent).
The successful candidate will be able to work on their own initiative and be able to work as part of a team.
The post holder will be able to work within time constraints and be able to meet a deadline while being able to demonstrate good organisational skills and the ability to maintain good and reliable records.
The post-holder will need to have previous Medical Secretary Experience, possess excellent time management skills, be well organised and have the ability to prioritise workload demands to meet strict deadlines, whilst producing work to the highest standards.
The post holder will ensure the delivery of a comprehensive high quality medical secretarial and administrative service to the consultant, doctor and junior medical team and specialist nursing teams, other health professionals.
The post holder will be responsible for the guidance, supervision and direction of the admin team dealing with appropriate
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