Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative and Clerical
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 470-8309786-CJW
- Employer
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- Newport
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Secretary
Band 4
Job overview
Internal Only
We have an exciting opportunity for a professional individual to join our busy and varied Medicine Secretarial Team, based within the Cardiology Department. We are looking for a Medical Secretary to complement our current Cardiology Secretarial Team and we would love to hear from you if you have the necessary qualities and administrative experience to fulfil this role.
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Working for our organisation
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a professional and efficient provision of secretarial/administrative services for Consultants and their teams within our Cardiology Department. The post holder will be responsible for provision of a wide range of secretarial and administrative duties, including audio transcription and word processing of clinical letters, reports. patient tracking and other correspondence as required by the Cardiology Team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RSA Level 3 typing or relevant proven experience
- AMSPAR medical secretarial qualification or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Customer care
- ECDL
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Medical Secretarial experience
- Knowledge of PAS system
Experience
Essential criteria
- Secretarial experience
- Relevant Audio typing experience
- Be computer literate with a good working knowledge of Windows Packages, including Word
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Wendy Hayes
- Job title
- Medicine Care Group Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01983 822099
- Additional information
ext 3733
or
Alison Price
Service Manager
01983 882099 ext 4317
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