Medical Secretary - Obsteterics & Gynaecology
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 25/09/2026
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 provides comprehensive secretarial, administration, and information services to a Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and their medical team. Key duties include accurately producing patient-related correspondence from digital dictation, managing sensitive information, and processing patient discharge notes. The secretary will also handle telephone and personal queries from patients, relatives, and other healthcare professionals, ensuring efficient communication and follow-up.
Essential criteria
- GCSE English at Grade 'C' or above or equivalent
- AMSPAR Diploma or equivalent extensive medical secretarial experience
- RSA/OCR Level III or equivalent
- Proficient IT skills (use of Microsoft office packages - particularly word and excel)
- Working knowledge of medical terminology
- Ability to accurately transcribe complex dictation
- Previous Medical secretarial experience
- Experience using the hospital's Electronic Patient Record system
- Previous experience working in an NHS Office environment
- Clear and accurate written and verbal communication and ability to converse in a positive professional manner
- Proven ability to work in a team and be supportive of team members
- Highly motivated and possess enthusiasm for developing the role
- Good organisational skills. Manage/priorities own workload
- Ability to use own initiative and work without close supervision
- GCSE English at Grade 'C' or above or equivalent
- AMSPAR Diploma or equivalent extensive medical secretarial experience
- RSA/OCR Level III or equivalent
- Proficient IT skills (use of Microsoft office packages - particularly word and excel)
- Working knowledge of medical terminology
- Ability to accurately transcribe complex dictation
- Previous Medical secretarial experience
- Experience using the hospital's Electronic Patient Record system
- Previous experience working in an NHS Office environment
- Clear and accurate written and verbal communication and ability to converse in a positive professional manner
- Proven ability to work in a team and be supportive of team members
- Highly motivated and possess enthusiasm for developing the role
- Good organisational skills. Manage/priorities own workload
- Ability to use own initiative and work without close supervision
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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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Medical Secretary - Obsteterics & Gynaecology
The closing date is 25 September 2026
Job summary
The role of the Medical Secretary is to provide a comprehensive secretarial, administration and information service to the Consultant in respect of his/her NHS work and to the supporting medical team.
To provide a secretarial service: accurately producing from digital dictation system, patient related correspondence /reports/discharges of a sensitive and complex nature, using appropriate software and within specific timescales
Main duties of the job
- Open and prioritise correspondence (which is often of a highlysensitive and confidential nature) on behalf of consultant ensuring thaturgent correspondence receives prompt attention.
- Process case-notes of patients discharged from hospital; follow through ongoing care plans as indicated in notes. Allocate notes to relevant clinician for dictation or ensure that any standard letters are completed as appropriate. Where standard letters have been generated at ward level, ascertain from case-notes whether any supplementary letter/action is required and deal with appropriately. Ensure that follow up appointments or referrals to other specialties are arranged where necessary.
- Ensure that relevant investigation/ results received after patient's discharge are communicated to GP's where
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