Medical Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced and proactive Medical Secretary to join the Dermatology Department. You will provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to Consultants and their teams, working independently at a senior level. The position requires excellent communication and typing skills, and the ability to manage a busy workload. You will be the first point of contact for patients, doctors, and staff.
Essential criteria
- NVQ Business Administration L4 or equivalent experience or City & Guilds (AMSPAR) Level 3 Diploma in Medical administration or equivalent medical secretary experience
- RSA /OCR Level 3 or equivalent experience or qualification in typing
- ECDL or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or working towards
- NVQ 3 Customer Service
- ILM Level 2 (or working towards) relevant equivalent qualifcation
- NHS Statutory and Mandatory Training
- Experience of coordinating administration activities
- Experience of working as a medical secretary
- Experience of organising workload and people
- Previous NHS Experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Advanced typing skills
- Will work unsupervised
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Will prioritise own workload
- Minute taking experience
- Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft Office applications
- Evidence of Continual Personal Development
- Knowledge of Referral To Treatment process (RTT)
- Good team working ethic
- Enthusiasm and commitment
- Proactive and positive attitude
- Be innovative to meet the challenges of a changing organisation
- Customer focused approach
- Other Relevant Requirements
- If required be able to travel between sites if relevant to the demands of the post
- Welsh speaker
- NVQ Business Administration L4 or equivalent experience or City & Guilds (AMSPAR) Level 3 Diploma in Medical administration or equivalent medical secretary experience
- RSA /OCR Level 3 or equivalent experience or qualification in typing
- ECDL or equivalent experience
- Management qualification or working towards
- NVQ 3 Customer Service
- ILM Level 2 (or working towards) relevant equivalent qualifcation
- NHS Statutory and Mandatory Training
- Experience of coordinating administration activities
- Experience of working as a medical secretary
- Experience of organising workload and people
- Previous NHS Experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Advanced typing skills
- Will work unsupervised
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Will prioritise own workload
- Minute taking experience
- Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft Office applications
- Evidence of Continual Personal Development
- Knowledge of Referral To Treatment process (RTT)
- Good team working ethic
- Enthusiasm and commitment
- Proactive and positive attitude
- Be innovative to meet the challenges of a changing organisation
- Customer focused approach
- Other Relevant Requirements
- If required be able to travel between sites if relevant to the demands of the post
- Welsh speaker
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,819 – £31,626 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Medical Secretary
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
We are currently looking for an experienced and proactive medical secretary to join the Dermatology Department.
The role requires a medical secretary with experience of working on their own initiative at a senior level and is able to offer a comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Consultants and their associated teams. As a senior medical secretary, you will be the first point of contact for patients, doctors and staff throughout the Health Board.
This post is fixed term for 12 months due to meet the needs of the service
Main duties of the job
This challenging position requires someone who is a team player, flexible, organised and is able to work well under pressure. The successful candidate will need to be an experienced typist, qualified to RSA Typing Level III (or equivalent). This position also requires excellent communication skills, the ability to meet the demands of working in a busy environment and is able to represent the department with due professionalism.
Process documents accurately and efficiently using digital dictation, analogue dictation and as directed by the clinician and will demonstrate self-directed development and practice of patient administrative systems, whilst undertaking tasks that will require the ind
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