Urology Senior Medical Secretary / Waiting List Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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 senior medical secretarial support to Consultants within the Urology service and managing waiting lists for elective surgery. The post holder will ensure patients are treated in line with Trust Access policies and Government Access targets. It requires excellent organisational and communication skills, working with patients and healthcare professionals in a fast-paced environment. The role also includes administrative tasks, audio-typing, and using computerised systems.
Key responsibilities
- Provide senior medical secretarial service directly to named Consultants.
- Take a lead role in managing the waiting list of a group of consultants, including cross-covering other specialities.
- Monitor waiting lists and work lists daily to ensure Government Access Targets are not breached.
- Co-ordinate admission and associated pre-operative assessment clinics.
- Undertake audio-typing of clinical and non-clinical correspondence within national guidelines.
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSE's or equivalent including Maths and English
- Microsoft Word
- Understanding of patient pathway of care through an acute hospital setting
- Medical terminology
- Supervision/delegation of tasks
- Working in a team
- Maintain confidentiality
- Previous NHS experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritise
- Reliable and works to high standards
- Adaptable to change
- Sensitive and caring
- Able to work on own initiative
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
Desirable criteria
- ECDL
- Microsoft Excel
- PAS, TheatreMan
- Waiting list management
- Patient pathway management
- 18 Week ePTL
- Digital Dictation Systems
- Understanding of patient pathway of care through an acute hospital setting
- Advanced keyboard skills
- Audio typing
- Problem solving
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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Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Urology Secretarial / Waiting List Officer Team based at Stepping Hill Hospital. As a member of the team, you will assist with managing waiting lists for elective surgery and working in accordance with Government Access targets to ensure patients are treated in line with Trust Access policies. You will also provide an effective and efficient Senior Medical Secretary role to named Consultants within the service.
This post is varied and includes contact with patients and many Health Care Professionals.
We are looking for an individual with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work in an environment where demands and priorities change quickly. You must be well organised, able to work on your own initiative and demonstrate confidence in independent decision making.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for providing a comprehensive and effective secretarial, waiting list and administrative service to a Consultant (s) and their medical team.
To administrate waiting lists and organise patient admissions and pre-operative appointments.
To undertake the audio-typing of clinical and non-clinical correspondence within their specialty area.
The post holder will be required to use computerised systems such as Patient Centre, Advantis and the Big Hand Digital dictation system.
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