Support Secretary - Respiratory Medicine
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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 Band 3 Support Secretary role is within the Respiratory team, providing essential administrative support. The successful candidate will be responsible for typing clinic letters, chasing results, and assisting the medical secretarial team. It requires strong communication, organisational skills, and extensive knowledge of medical terminology. The role involves daily interaction with patients and healthcare professionals.
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE/O Level standard/equivalent
- RSA/OCR Level II or equivalent
- Word Processing/Audio typing Skills
- Knowledge of medical terminology and secretarial procedures
- Excellent I.T. skills with knowledge and experience of all Microsoft office packages
- Experience working in an NHS office environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to use own initiative and respond to new challenges
- Self motivated and able to work with limited supervision
- Manage/prioritise own workload
- Ability to accurately maintain computerise and manual filing/documentation system
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to manage difficult/sensitive situations
- Ability and willingness to undertake further training as required
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of internal PAS system
- Ability to supervise and motivate a team
- Time management skills
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
- Understanding of Trust internal policies as appropriate
- Qualities/Attributes
- Able to adopt flexible approach when required
- Ability to build and maintain good working relationships
- Other
- Understanding of confidential nature of role and awareness of Data Protection Act
- Educated to GCSE/O Level standard/equivalent
- RSA/OCR Level II or equivalent
- Word Processing/Audio typing Skills
- Knowledge of medical terminology and secretarial procedures
- Excellent I.T. skills with knowledge and experience of all Microsoft office packages
- Experience working in an NHS office environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to use own initiative and respond to new challenges
- Self motivated and able to work with limited supervision
- Manage/prioritise own workload
- Ability to accurately maintain computerise and manual filing/documentation system
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to manage difficult/sensitive situations
- Ability and willingness to undertake further training as required
- Knowledge of internal PAS system
- Ability to supervise and motivate a team
- Time management skills
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
- Understanding of Trust internal policies as appropriate
- Qualities/Attributes
- Able to adopt flexible approach when required
- Ability to build and maintain good working relationships
- Other
- Understanding of confidential nature of role and awareness of Data Protection Act
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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Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Support Secretary - Respiratory Medicine
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 3 Support Secretary to join our secretarial team within the Respiratoryteam. The post requires an individual who is resilient and adaptable to work in a fast-paced professional environment.
You as a successful candidate will be working alongside an established team of Band 4 Medical Secretaries. You will play a pivotal role in supporting the secretarial team in ensuring work is completed in a timely manner.
You will be responsible for typing clinic letters, chasing results and providing support for the secretaries and service.
You should have good communication and organisational skills, be well-organised, flexible in approach and able to use your own initiative in prioritising your workload.
Extensive knowledge of medical terminology is essential, as are audio typing skills.
A key aspect of the role involves daily communication with patients, consultants, nurses and other health and care professionals and therefore the post holder must have exceptional non-verbal and verbal skills.
The available post is permanent 22.5 hours per week.
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