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Band 3
Full-time

Corneoplastics Support Secretary

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustQueen Victoria Hospital Holtye Road East Grinstead RH19 3DZ United Kingdom£25,760 - £27,476Closes 15/09/2026

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Band
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Pattern
Full-time
Hours / week
37.5
Posted
01/09/2026
Closes
15/09/2026

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Role summary

This role is for a proactive and resourceful Support Secretary in the Ophthalmology Department. The post involves providing comprehensive secretarial and administrative support, including accurate audio typing, managing clinic administration, and handling patient inquiries. The successful candidate will work flexibly, dealing with confidential information and ensuring timely output within NHS targets. They will also assist with some medical secretary duties and patient bookings.

Essential criteria

  • Secondary Education
  • RSA Level 3 or equivalent level of experience
  • Excellent command of English both written and verbal with excellent grammatical and spelling ability

Desirable criteria

  • Allscripts/PAS (Patient Administration System)
  • MS Excel
  • Secretarial experience and administration experience
  • Healthcare knowledge
  • Experience as support secretary
  • Experience in medical administration
  • oAudio Typing. oComputer skills. oAble to prioritise. oGood time-management skills.
  • Attributes
  • oHigh levels of concentration oEnthusiasm. oAbility to work on own initiative and in pressured environment.
  • Secondary Education
  • RSA Level 3 or equivalent level of experience
  • Excellent command of English both written and verbal with excellent grammatical and spelling ability
  • Allscripts/PAS (Patient Administration System)
  • MS Excel
  • Secretarial experience and administration experience
  • Healthcare knowledge
  • Experience as support secretary
  • Experience in medical administration
  • oAudio Typing. oComputer skills. oAble to prioritise. oGood time-management skills.
  • Attributes
  • oHigh levels of concentration oEnthusiasm. oAbility to work on own initiative and in pressured environment.

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Band 3 pay context

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.

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Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Corneoplastics Support Secretary

The closing date is 15 September 2026

Job summary

We are currently looking for a self motivated, proactive, independent and resourceful Support Secretary to work in the Ophthalmology Department at Queen Victoria Hospital l on a full time basis (37.5 hours per week over 5 days). This is a varied post providing comprehensive support to the department.

The role will involve working flexibly to provide and receive confidential and sensitive information, written, aural or verbal.

We are looking for an experienced secretary with medical experience in a hospital or clinical environment who is able to work both within a busy team and on their own initiative when required. They must be able to prioritise their own workload, ideally possess excellent audio typing skills but training could be given, excellent communication skills combined with an excellent telephone manner, possess a flexible and pro-active attitude and remain calm under pressure. Experience of audio typing is desirable .

Main duties of the job

  • Accurate audio typing and administration of Ophthalmology clinics
  • Ensuring prompt output and sign off within agreed timescales
  • Develop and maintain a sound knowledge of PAS
  • Gain good hands on understanding of RTT18 and NHS targets
  • Ensure follow-up actions from cl

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