Job overview

Senior Medical Secretary

Band 4 - Fixed term post -until April 2027

Great possible secondment opportunity!  

The Medicine Division is a dynamic and fast‑paced environment offering a wide range of opportunities to broaden your experience. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that values professionalism, mutual respect and continuous improvement. We pride ourselves on creating a positive workplace where staff feel supported, listened to and able to develop their careers. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role at the heart of clinical services, working closely with Consultants and multidisciplinary teams to deliver outstanding patient care. As a Senior Medical Secretary, you will be a highly valued member of the Medicine Division, providing comprehensive and proactive secretarial support to Consultant-led teams. You will act as a point of contact for clinicians, patients and external agencies, ensuring high standards of communication, organisation and professionalism at all times.

Main duties of the job

·         To provide a personal assistant and senior medical secretarial service directly to consultants under the medicine business group. 

·         To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners and any other official correspondence i.e. reports

·         Arranging appointments as required

·         Be responsible for arranging special tests requested by the Consultant or Junior Medical Staff

·         To be responsible for and collation of investigation results

·         To deal with day-to-day incoming mail, assigning priority and/or taking any necessary action without reference to consultant staff if necessary and within remit

·         To ensure patient pathways are updated as appropriate.

·         Engage in the use of Evolve and all other electronic patient notes system

·         To undertake any other duties as may be required as appropriate by the Consultant or line manager in accordance to the needs of the service

Working for our organisation

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice