Urology Support Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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 is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Support Secretary to join the Urology Team at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves providing administrative support to Consultants and Clinical teams, including audio typing, updating Microsoft Teams, assisting with phone queries, and managing post and filing. The post holder must be IT literate and ideally familiar with hospital computer systems. This service is planned to move from Bournemouth to Poole site in summer 2027.
Essential criteria
- RSA II or equivalent touch typing/computer skills
- Minimum 5 GCSE's including English or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Computer qualification
- NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or relevant experience.
- Technical Skills
- Data accuracy on computer systems
- Audio typing
- Microsoft Teams
- Experience of working with Hospital Systems
- Secretarial experience or similar
- Working with people at all levels
- NHS Medical secretary experience
- Experience of working at UHD in a similar role
- NHS medical secretary experience
- Personal attributes
- Team Player
- Effective Communicator
- Ability to organise own workload
- RSA II or equivalent touch typing/computer skills
- Minimum 5 GCSE's including English or equivalent
- Computer qualification
- NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or relevant experience.
- Technical Skills
- Data accuracy on computer systems
- Audio typing
- Microsoft Teams
- Experience of working with Hospital Systems
- Secretarial experience or similar
- Working with people at all levels
- NHS Medical secretary experience
- Experience of working at UHD in a similar role
- NHS medical secretary experience
- Personal attributes
- Team Player
- Effective Communicator
- Ability to organise own workload
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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University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Urology Support Secretary
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Support Secretary to join our Urology Team at UHD. You will provide support to our Consultants and Clinical teams through administrative tasks such as audio typing, updating Teams, assisting with phone queries and organising post and filing to ensure the department runs smoothly.The post holder must be IT literate and ideally familiar with hospital computer systems including eCamis and EPR. Knowledge of Microsoft Teams would also be beneficial. This service has a planned move from Bournemouth site to Poole site on in the summer of 2027 .
Main duties of the job
- Typing audio and digital documents to include operation and clinic letters
- Maintaining investigation systems for patient results (TEAMS)
- Processing of Choose & Book referrals
- Delivery of investigation requests to other departments within the hospital
- Postal service administration for outgoing patient letters
- To cover consultant's PA desks in their absence
About us
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answe
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