Medical Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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 provides comprehensive administrative support to medical teams within the North Manchester Division, acting as a PA for consultants and potentially line managing medical support secretaries. Key duties include typing medical correspondence, managing administrative tasks like discharge summaries, and handling patient and professional inquiries. The post holder will also support the Trust in achieving performance targets.
Key responsibilities
- Undertake audio and clerical duties for consultants, including minute taking, clinical letters, reports, and data inputting.
- Provide the first point of contact for written and telephone enquiries on behalf of consultants, using judgment to prioritize and maintain confidentiality.
- Liaise with General Practitioners and various outside agencies such as Social Services and other hospitals.
- Coordinate with multi-disciplinary team members for joint outpatient work and care programming.
- Track all service users from referral to discharge, ensuring appointments and correspondence meet targets.
- Ensure all discharge summaries are allocated and completed within agreed processes and timeframes.
Essential criteria
- Experience in working in a busy office environment.
- Maths and English or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Secretarial/admin experience
- Audio/typing qualification
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Medical Secretary
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
To provide a comprehensive administrative service to identified medical teams within the North Manchester Division. The post holder will act as a PA for a number of consultants and line manage the bases medical support secretaries, where applicable to ensure all work is completed in a timely manner.
The Medical Secretary will undertake general office duties including the typing of medical and other correspondence and actioning any requirements identified within the typing. They will be responsible for the management of administrative duties within their area of work including; ensuring the allocation of discharge summaries and their timely completion, updating and circulating the on-call rota as required, answering and managing calls from patients and their carers / relatives and other health and social care professionals.
They will be responsible for supporting the Trust in achieving relevant performance targets.
Main duties of the job
Undertake audio and clerical duties for your consultants, including minute taking as required, clinical letters, reports, discharge correspondence and clinical activity data inputting. This may include administrative support relating to consultant tutorial work.
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