Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Broomfield Hospital Town Broomfield, Chelmsford Salary £27,485 per annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 22/09/2025 23:59
Medical Secretary
Band 4
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
Are you a secretary, PA ? Perhaps you work in a role with complex admin, or you have completed further education and looking for a role to get you into Healthcare.
We are looking for a Medical Secretary to join our Urology Department at Broomfield Hospital.
This role offers you some great benefits including, a very generous holiday allowance, a brilliant pension and the opportunity to work with some great people.
There is a wide range of support for staff covering a broad range of subjects such as child care, health and fitness and mental health, and financially supported schemes for travel such as cycle to work and discounted bus tickets. We can offer some great flexibility on working hours and working patterns and full training and mentoring is available if required.
What do you need to have to apply? You need to be enthusiastic and capable, as this is a very fast paced and demanding service. You need to be very well organised, responsive and be able to work on own initiative. Experience in role where you have developed great keyboard skills and the ability to deal with admin.
Please note that this vacancy may close early due to number of applications.
Main duties of the job
* To ensure cancer referrals are dealt with in a timely manner and pathway managed
* Type all clinic dictation /reports/statements/other
* To ensure all referrals are triaged in a timely manner
* To manage and process advice and guidance requests from GP’s
* To ensure all clinics are cancelled to coincide with consultant A/L study days/ professional etc.
* Book / cancel outpatient appointments as required.
* Work with junior service manager to reduce long waiters and highlight any bottlenecks within the service which would prevent patients being booked.
* Clear the telephone voice mail daily, and take action as required
* Any other duties within the role of a Medical Secretary within the grade of your post
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting Medical Secretary role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Person specification
Experience
* NHS Experience
* Secretarial Experience
* Previous secretarial experience in healthcare setting
* Experience of working with IT office packages
* Any experience working in Urology in any setting
Qualifications
* Business Administration / Typing Qualification
Skills
* Excellent written communication skills demonstrated throughout application form
Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.
Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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