Job overview
This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
*INTERNAL VACANCY*
An exciting Medical Secretary Supervisor position has arisen within the Oncology and Haematology Centre for maternity cover from March 2026.
This is a varied, interesting and demanding post, working as part of a great team in an ever-evolving environment.
This role will be in partnership with the Oncology and Haematology Centre Operations team to supervise two teams of secretaries in their daily management whilst running development, efficiency, and improvements projects alongside.
The post also involves overseeing the Centre training compliance, linking in with Departmental Managers to ensure staff awareness of outstanding training and supporting teams with undertaking training.
The post is 12 hours per week which can be worked flexibly and will be agreed upon appointment.
Essential
* Leadership and line management skills
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Audio-typing
* Medical Terminology
* Emotional resilience
* Previous Medical Secretary experience and up-to-date knowledge to be able to assist when needed
* Self-motivated person with excellent time management and organisation skills
Main duties of the job
* Previous experience in supervising/managing staff or demonstrate they can develop in this area. Previous/current NHS experience would be advantageous.
* Have excellent high level administration skills including advanced/accurate keyboard skills.
* A good understanding of the role of the Medical Secretary is required and previous experience would be beneficial.
* Good organisational and planning skills with excellent communication and time management skills.
* The ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision and the ability to work as part of a team to manage and help staff through change.
* A positive attitude to change and proactive attitude to implement changes to meet service demands.
* It is essential that applicants have good interpersonal skills and can develop strong working relationships across multi-disciplinary teams.
Working for our organisation
The successful applicant will be joining the Oncology and Haematology team at a very busy time and will provide vital help to the secretarial teams during periods of change and challenge.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust can offer you a great opportunity to work within helpful friendly teams, with excellent professional NHS job development opportunities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
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