Senior Medical Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing comprehensive secretarial support to consultants and junior medical staff within the Oncology Team, with a focus on audio typing clinic tapes and discharge summaries. The post holder will manage consultant diaries, arrange patient appointments, and handle inquiries, demonstrating initiative in workload organization. It requires liaising with various departments and ensuring departmental priorities are met while adhering to Trust policies. The role also includes maintaining filing systems and participating in continuous development.
Essential criteria
- RSA/OCR III or equivalent speed and accuracy.
- RSAOCR Audio Typing
- GCSE English Language or equivalent standard
- Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard
Desirable criteria
- AMSPAR qualification or equivalent experience
- Recognised secretary qualifications/demonstrable and/or equivalent.
- Demonstrable experience of hospital software e.g. careflow, dragon, CWP.
- Medical Terminology
- Medical terminology experience
- Oncology & Clinical Haematology medical terminology
- Experience of Microsoft Software Packages
- Previous demonstrable experience in the use of Microsoft software packages i.e. word/excel/outlook.
- Aptitude and abilities
- Ability to accurately touch type.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- RSA/OCR III or equivalent speed and accuracy.
- RSAOCR Audio Typing
- GCSE English Language or equivalent standard
- Educated to GCSE or equivalent standard
- AMSPAR qualification or equivalent experience
- Recognised secretary qualifications/demonstrable and/or equivalent.
- Demonstrable experience of hospital software e.g. careflow, dragon, CWP.
- Medical Terminology
- Medical terminology experience
- Oncology & Clinical Haematology medical terminology
- Experience of Microsoft Software Packages
- Previous demonstrable experience in the use of Microsoft software packages i.e. word/excel/outlook.
- Aptitude and abilities
- Ability to accurately touch type.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Senior Medical Secretary
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
To work as part of the Oncology Team taking a lead role in providing secretarial support for the consultants, junior medical staff in the team with particular responsibility for audio typing (clinics tapes, discharge summaries) as Directorate Support Officer.
The post holder will be required to demonstrate a significant level of initiative in organising their workload and in making decisions and taking action in accordance with departmental policy.
Main duties of the job
To type all correspondence relating to out patients and in patients, including typing of departmental correspondence, with a low rate of errors and to meet Trust turnaround targets.
Regularly liaising with Directorate Support Officer to ensure departmental priorities are met.
Managing consultant's diaries, booking meetings and taking minutes where appropriate.
Arrange patients new and follow up appointments as required using PAS system and liaison with appropriate departments
Receive enquires from patients and staff, resolving enquiries of a more complex nature and dealing with as appropriate.
Liaise professionally with all departments regarding admissions, waiting lists, ad hoc ward attenders and cancellations ensuring hospital policies are adhered to.
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