Team Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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 is a part-time Team Secretary role within the Women's and Children's collaborative, specifically based in the Gynaecology Team at Cumberland Infirmary. The successful candidate will provide efficient administration and effective support to the Medical Secretary, assisting with day-to-day Gynae admin tasks. Key responsibilities include achieving a 48-hour turnaround for clinical letters, forward clinic preparation, elective bookings, and general office duties like managing phones and emails. The role requires an experienced secretary, ideally with medical terminology knowledge and familiarity with NCIC admin systems.
Essential criteria
- Operating word processing and computer packages
- Audio typing / word processing.
Desirable criteria
- Secretarial duties.
- Medical audio typing / word processing.
- GCSE English language (minimum C grade) or equivalent.
- RSA 2 word processing or equivalent.
- RSA 3 word processing or equivalent.
- NVQ 3 in administration or equivalent
- Willing to develop further relevant skills.
- Enthusiasm.
- Willing to travel cross site of work and or meetings
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Computer literate.
- Requirements of the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, Access to Health Records and Defensible Documentation, Health and Safety and their application in the workplace.
- Equality issues.
- Operating word processing and computer packages
- Audio typing / word processing.
- Secretarial duties.
- Medical audio typing / word processing.
- GCSE English language (minimum C grade) or equivalent.
- RSA 2 word processing or equivalent.
- RSA 3 word processing or equivalent.
- NVQ 3 in administration or equivalent
- Willing to develop further relevant skills.
- Enthusiasm.
- Willing to travel cross site of work and or meetings
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Computer literate.
- Requirements of the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, Access to Health Records and Defensible Documentation, Health and Safety and their application in the workplace.
- Equality issues.
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.
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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Team Secretary
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
Team Secretary - Band 3, 22.5 hours per week, Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle
A Team Secretary role within the Women's and Children's collaborative has arisen, this role is to be based within the Gynaecology Team. Ideally an experienced Team Secretary with medical terminology knowledge, as well as knowledge of NCIC admin systems and processes, including RTT pathways and Text flow.
As a team secretary you will provide efficient administration and effective support to the Medical Secretary, assisting in the smooth completion of the day to day Gynae Admin.
Main duties of the job
The team currently consists of Medical Secretary, Team Secretary and Clerk typist, working alongside Consultants, Nurse Practitioners, etc to achieve Business Unit objectives including a 48 hour turnaround of clinical letters, forward clinic preparation, elective bookings and general office admin duties including phones and emails etc.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
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