Main area Administrative and Clerical Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Wednesday‑Friday based at Ormskirk Hospital.) Job ref 409-7634434-A
Site: Ormskirk District General Hospital, Town Ormskirk
Salary: £24,937 - £26,598 pro rata, per annum (Yearly)
Closing: 12/06/2026 23:59
Interview date: 25/06/2026
Job overview
The Community & Clinical Support Services at Southport/Ormskirk Hospital sites are looking to appoint a support medical secretary to provide a comprehensive service with the minimum of supervision to specialities within the division. The successful candidate will type clinical correspondence from audio across both medical and surgical specialities.
This is a 22.5 hour post, working days are Wednesday‑Friday based at Ormskirk Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Applicants must have a sound knowledge of medical terminology and ideally be qualified to at least RSA level 3 / OCR typing and word processing or equivalent. AMSPAR certification is desirable. You must be proficient in the use of audio typing and Microsoft Office packages. Training on in‑house systems will be provided.
You will need to be able to work to tight deadlines and withstand the pressure of working for a busy team. It is essential you are able to work on your own initiative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working as part of a support medical secretary team to support the clinical workforce.
Typing of clinical correspondence using digital/audio systems.
Work across both medical and surgical specialities to ensure typing targets are met.
Provide support to the medical secretaries as required. The post holder will carry out the duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation of the workload.
Qualifications
* NVQ III or equivalent experience
* RSA II / III Typing or Word Processing
* Knowledge of medical terminology
* AMSPAR Diploma
* European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Experience
* Previous secretarial experience with knowledge of secretarial/administrative procedures and systems
* Previous Medical Secretary experience
* Previous NHS experience
Skills
* Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, both internal and external
* Ability to work as a member of a team
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Flexible working approach
* Ability to plan and organise own workload to meet targets
* Knowledge of Data Protection
* Knowledge of Microsoft Office Software Package
Other
* Committed to self‑development to meet the requirements of the role
* Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods when transcribing medical audio dictation in a predictable work pattern
* Ability to deal with distressed patients or relatives when answering telephone
* Ability to cope with frequent indirect exposure to distressing or emotional situations in content of clinical correspondence
* Continuous use of computer / keyboard
* Use of trolleys to transport case notes
* Continuous use of VDU
* Working in an office environment
Our values
* We are Kind
* We are Open
* We are Inclusive
Benefits
We recognise staff through Employee of the Month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
* All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
* There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
* Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to discuss flexible working options at interview stage.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship.
eVisa Update
For successful candidates on selected work and study visa routes, who have completed and paid for their applications will no longer receive a visa vignette in passport as evidence of their permission to enter the UK. Instead, you will be issued with an eVisa only, which is accessed by creating a UKVI account. Before travelling to the UK, we advise applicants to:
* Understand how to generate an eVisa share code
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 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.
Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.
If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under‐represented groups.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision‑making process.
The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
Workplace Health and Safety
The Trust is a non‑smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action.
You will be expected to undertake the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Integrity for Applicants
You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software.
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