Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Secretary
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-7534351-OPS-A
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bridgnorth Hospital
- Town
- Bridgnorth
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Secretary
NHS AfC: Band 3
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.
Job overview
**PLEASE NOTE** This vacancy is only open to employees of our ICB system partners: Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital and NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board. Please do not apply if you are not an employee of one of the listed organisations as we will be unable to progress your application.
Are you a compassionate, detail-driven professional with a passion for making a real difference? We’re on the lookout for a highly organised Medical Secretary to become a vital part of our Community Outpatient Service providing expert secretarial support to our visiting consultants.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
To provide a secretarial and support role to medical and surgical Consultants and to provide an efficient, effective and comprehensive medical secretarial service in a range of different specialties.
The post holder acts as the first point of contact for all forms of communication for the Consultants.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general education.
- AMSPAR or equivalent Medical Secretary Course or recent relevant work experience / RSA audio touch typing or equivalent.
- GCSE’s or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Medical Records experience.
- Knowledge of outpatient clinics.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent WP / IT skills (MS Office or equivalent).
- Good organisational skills.
- Medical Terminology.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Tisdale
- Job title
- Business Support Manager - Planned Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01746 711073
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