Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment will be considered for internal candidates – If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 218-AC-B4-8178580
- Employer
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/08/2026
Employer heading
Medical Secretary, Cardiology
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
To provide a specialised, comprehensive and confidential patient centred clinical administration and secretarial service to the Cardiology Services team in accordance with Departmental, Trust and National standards, policies and procedures. To act as a source of advice and guidance regarding the specialism for patients.
Please be advised that sponsorship is not eligible for this post.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
Secondment will be considered for internal candidates – If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.
Main duties of the job
- Responsible for the booking of appointments for 3 Cardiology Consultants
- To ensure, wherever possible, that all clinical documentation is up-to-date, in an orderly fashion and available whenever clinical decisions are being made, reporting exceptional circumstances where necessary. This will require: effective collaboration with all relevant personnel to maintain an efficient administrative system; prompt transcription, manipulation and distribution of appropriate
- To ensure the effective organisation of all patients under the care of the consultant and his/her team in accordance with Local and National policy and targets. This will require effective collaboration with: the Booking Centre and Patient Access team to ensure the waiting list is up-to- date and accurate at all times; Outpatient Access team and General Managers to monitor the utilisation and effectiveness of outpatient clinics, ensuring that established Patient Access Policy to ensure that the elective care pathway for all patients is seamless and sensitive to their needs,
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To maintain an efficient office management system/procedures to enable the consultant and his/her team to optimise their patient care services. This will require: effective management of the consultant’s time, managing schedules and leave arrangements ensuring appropriate and timely communications with all relevant personnel, arranging meetings/events, composing and transcribing minutes proactively ensuring action points are raised and completed, preparation of correspondence and reports; effective management of the consultant’s office by establishing and maintaining efficient manual and electronic correspondence and documentation management systems; ensuring office equipment and stationery levels are maintained, processing orders as required and tracking patients through their pathway from initial referral to discharge.
- To support team members. This will require: demonstrating and explaining Departmental practices and procedures; undertaking appropriate training and development with new and existing staff ensuring high standards of practice are maintained at all times; providing cross-cover on a reciprocal basis in the absence of colleagues and providing day to day supervision where required.
- Provide oversight to the Support Secretaries for associated administrative activities, such as patient bookings, appropriate documentation and typing, with local training.
For further details please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Good general education • NVQ 3 or equivalent in • administration • CLAIT, ECDL or RSA in text or processing • Ability to type at speed in a formal setting Experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Office or similar environment • Acute health care sector • Excellent level of verbal and written communication • Good presentation skills • Excellent organisation skills • Diary/appointment management
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrable experience in waiting lists
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • PC systems • Medical terminology • Patient Administration System (PAS)
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrable experience in waiting lists/patient pathways/trackers
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Communicate effectively with staff at all levels. • Negotiate with team members • Work software packages including, Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint. • Excellent keyboard skills • Prioritise workload • Good interpersonal skills • Work independently and as part of a team • Initiative • Minute taking • Establish and maintain a patient-tracking database • Work effectively in a busy demanding environment • Work to tight deadlines • Close attention to detail and time frames
Desirable criteria
- • Able to use the intern
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) • Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Morris
- Job title
- Admin Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 024769625673
- Additional information
N/A
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