Team Secretary - Specialist Surgical Care Collaborative
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a Team Secretary role within the Specialist Surgical Care Collaborative, specifically in Dermatology at Hilltop, Carlisle. It is a 12-month maternity cover position. The role involves working with medical secretaries, team secretaries, and clerk typists to support consultants and nurse practitioners. Key duties include ensuring a 48-hour turnaround for clinical letters, forward clinic preparation, minute taking, and general office administration.
Essential criteria
- GCSE English language (minimum C grade) or equivalent.
- RSA 2 word processing or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- RSA 3 word processing or equivalent.
- NVQ 3 in administration or equivalent
- Skills & Aptitudes
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to analyse complex facts or situations.
- Able to use initiative appropriately within team environment.
- Able to work without supervision.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
- Able to work to deadlines.
- Willing to develop further relevant skills.
- Enthusiasm
- Knowledge and Experience
- Operating word processes and computer packages.
- Audio typing / word processing
- Computer literate
- Requirements of the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, Access to Health Records and Defensible Documentation, Health and Safety and their applications in the workplace.
- Equality Issues.
- Secretarial duties
- Medical audio typing / word processing.
- Medical terminology
- Microsoft Office
- PAS.
- 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
- Skills & Aptitudes
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to analyse complex facts or situations.
- Able to use initiative appropriately within team environment.
- Able to work without supervision.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
- Able to work to deadlines.
- Willing to develop further relevant skills.
- Enthusiasm
- Knowledge and Experience
- Operating word processes and computer packages.
- Audio typing / word processing
- Computer literate
- Requirements of the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, Access to Health Records and Defensible Documentation, Health and Safety and their applications in the workplace.
- Equality Issues.
- Secretarial duties
- Medical audio typing / word processing.
- Medical terminology
- Microsoft Office
- PAS.
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.
Posted 4d ago · Closes in 4d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Team Secretary - Specialist Surgical Care Collaborative
The closing date is 10 September 2026
Job summary
Team Secretary Band 3, Dermatology, Hilltop, Carlisle
Maternity Cover - 12 Months
A Team Secretary role within the Specialist Surgical Care Collaborative. Ideally an experienced Team Secretary with medical terminology knowledge, as well as knowledge of NCIC admin systems and processes, including RTT pathways and Digital Dictation Systems.
Main duties of the job
The team consists of Medical Secretaries, Team Secretaries and Clerk typists, working alongside Consultants, Nurse Practitioners, etc to achieve Business Unit objectives including a 48 hour turn around of clinical letters, forward clinic preparation, minute taking 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.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
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