Support Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- 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 support to consultants, junior medical staff, and specialist nurses, maintaining high confidentiality. The post holder will manage their workload, make decisions, and take action according to departmental policy. Key duties include audio-typing, word processing with medical terminology, and managing patient information. The role also involves responding to enquiries and assisting with staff training.
Key responsibilities
- Provide high quality audio-typing and word processing with medical terminology.
- Obtain investigation results and exercise judgement to ensure urgent medical attention for abnormal results.
- Ensure all information and messages from patients, colleagues, clinical and managerial staff are communicated efficiently and correctly.
- Act up in the absence of the Senior Team Secretary, ensuring all duties are completed effectively.
- Respond positively and promptly to enquiries and problems from patients, clinical staff and other agencies.
- Accurately create records and update patient related information onto the computerised Careflow (PAS).
Essential criteria
- RSA/OCE Typing/Word Processing
- Medical Terminology
- Audio Transcription
- English Language C and above
- Maths C and above
- Microsoft packages
- Experience in NHS Admin
Desirable criteria
- Careflow (Pas)
- Clinical Web Portal
- Amspar
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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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Support Secretary
The closing date is 25 September 2026
Job summary
To provide a comprehensive secretarial support service to consultants, junior medical staff, specialist nurses and medical secretaries, ensuring the highest level of confidentiality is maintained at all times.
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 provide high quality audio-typing and word processing with medical terminology, as required by Medical and Nursing staff, ensuring that the work is completed in an efficient and timely manner for Oncology & Haematology Department.
To obtain investigation results and exercise judgement to ensure that medical attention is urgentlydrawn to abnormal results.
To ensure all information and messages received from patients, colleagues, clinical and managerialstaff are communicated efficiently and correctly.This can be of a sensitive or complex nature.
To act up in the absence of the Senior Team Secretary.
Respond positively and promptly to enquiries and problems received from patients, clinical staff and other agencies, using initiative to take appropriate action in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
To accurately create r
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