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Band 3 Medical Secretary - Support in Ear Nose and Throat
The closing date is 08 October 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Support Medical Secretary in the fast paced and busy Ear, Nose and Throat Department at the QE. We are looking for a flexible, highly motivated and well organised individual to join us.
Our friendly and approachable team provide a professional secretarial service to our acclaimed team of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeons.
The successful candidate will be efficient, productive and be able to prioritise tasks. They will be proactive in solving problems and queries and you will see these through to completion. The post holder will need to be calm and patient with an excellent telephone manner, drawing upon communication and interpersonal skills in order to deal with sometimes complex and difficult issues over the phone. The post holder will be flexible in their approach and will work creatively to provide support in the most effective way.
Qualifications
* Good General Education (e.g. GCSE English and Maths A-C) GCSE Level 9-4
* Business Administration NVQ level 3, AMSPAR or equivalent experience in an administrative environment
Experience
* Experience of dealing with the Public/Customer service experience
* Experience of working with a range of IT systems and Microsoft Office packages (eg. Word, Excel and Outlook)
* Experience of working in a busy environment
* Experience of working in Healthcare
* Ability to work under pressure and deal with stressful situations
Main duties of the job
Liaising with Team Leader daily and providing full secretarial support to our band 4 Senior Medical Secretarial Team. Processing of clinical letters, booking clinic appointments, checking follow up appointments and clinic outcomes. Adding patients to waiting list. Processing of clinical letters in relation to 2 Week Wait Clinics, Daily Emergency ENT Clinics, Nurse Led Clinics and Endoscope I Clinics
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Good General Education (e.g. GCSE English and Maths A-C) GCSE Level 9-4
* Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a clerical environment
* AMSPAR Certificate/equivalent qualification or equivalent knowledge of medical terminology
Experience
* Experience of dealing with the Public/Customer service experience
* Experience of working with a range of Microsoft Office packages (eg. Word, Excel and Outlook)
* Experience of using IT systems
* Experience of working in a busy environment
* Experience of working in Healthcare
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
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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