Medical Secretary - Respiratory
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing comprehensive secretarial and PA support to consultants and their teams within the Medical Division, specifically the Respiratory team. Key duties include typing clinical correspondence, managing referrals, and maintaining patient records. The post holder will also be responsible for diary management and ensuring adherence to waiting list guidelines. Flexibility to support other areas of the division may be required.
Essential criteria
- Good general education and GCSE in English and Mathematics or equivalent
- Secretarial Qualification or relevant experiance
Desirable criteria
- RSA Stage 3 Typing/Word Processing or equivalent
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Medical Terminology
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to meet tight timelines and deadlines
- Knowledge of Health Records
- Previous secretarial experience or equivalent
- Diary Management
- Previous NHS/healthcare experience
- Education & Qualifications
- Good general education and GCSE in English and Mathematics or equivalent
- Secretarial Qualification or relevant experiance
- RSA Stage 3 Typing/Word Processing or equivalent
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Medical Terminology
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to meet tight timelines and deadlines
- Knowledge of Health Records
- Previous secretarial experience or equivalent
- Diary Management
- Previous NHS/healthcare experience
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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Wye Valley NHS Trust
Medical Secretary - Respiratory
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
The purpose of this job is to be responsible for providing a full secretarial and PA service to the Medical Division. The role involves working for Consultants and their team, typing clinical correspondence, reports, etc using the digital system, general administrative duties within the Respiratory team, but there may need to be flexibility in working through Division as service needs require.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a comprehensive secretarial service to consultants, visiting consultants, junior medical doctors and clinical nurse specialists.
- To supervise and take responsibility for assistant medical secretaries and departmental clerk.
- To ensure all referrals are date stamped with date of arrival and entered on to waiting list daily.
- To monitor e-Referral system daily, print referrals for Consultant's approval, accept/change referrals as appropriate.
- To ensure all referrals are graded by consultant and appointments booked according to clinical need, in chronological order adhering to clinic booking rules.
- To ensure EPR (Electronic Patient Record System) data is correct at all times adhering to 18 week waiting time guidance.
- To be responsible for Waiting List management for inpatients and outpatients adhering to the 18 week
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