Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Medical Secretary - Ophthalmology
The closing date is 05 June 2026
We are looking for a Medical Secretary to join our Ophthalmology 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.
A Medical Secretary in an Ophthalmology Department plays a central role in supporting consultants, clinicians, and the wider eye-care team. The job blends administrative expertise with patient-focused communication, ensuring the smooth running of clinics, correspondence, and clinical pathways.
What you need to have to apply: you should be enthusiastic and capable, as this is a very fast-paced and demanding service. You must be very well organized, responsive and able to work on your own initiative. Experience in a role where you have developed great keyboard skills and the ability to deal with admin is essential.
Please note that this vacancy may close early due to the number of applications.
Main duties of the job
To provide high-quality administrative and secretarial support to ophthalmology consultants and clinical teams.
Processing referrals, results, and clinical correspondence in a timely manner.
Handling email enquiries from patients, GPs, optometrists, and other hospitals.
Typing clinic dictation, reports, statements, and other documents.
Managing and processing advice and guidance requests from GPs.
Strong typing and audio-typing skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced clinical environment.
Any other duties within the role of a Medical Secretary within the grade of your post.
Ophthalmology is one of the busiest outpatient specialties in the NHS, with high patient volumes and rapid-turnover clinics. A Medical Secretary in this field needs to be particularly organized, responsive, and comfortable juggling multiple subspecialties and urgent cases.
About us
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.
Job 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 the attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.
Person Specification
Experience
* NHS Experience
* Secretarial Experience
* Previous secretarial experience in a 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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
£28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
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