230923 Medical Secretary (GH)

NHS National Services Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A health service organization in Scotland is seeking a Band 3 Medical Secretary for the Maternity & Neonatal Psychological Interventions Team. You will provide essential administrative support within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective communication and service delivery. Ideal candidates should have experience in secretarial roles, open to training and demonstrate a commitment to health equity and diversity. This role is part-time with a pro-rata salary.

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative and secretarial support.
• Ability to communicate efficiently with internal and external agencies.
• Willingness to receive additional training and support.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure clinical support needs are met with effective communication.

Job description

Overview

Band 3 Medical Secretary – Maternity & Neonatal Psychological Interventions Team. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic psychology-led multidisciplinary Maternity & Neonatal Psychological Interventions Team.

The Maternity and Neonatal Psychological Interventions (MNPI) Team provides assessment, treatment and care to women, families and staff across both maternity (antenatal and postnatal) and neonatal specialties on an in-patient and out-patient basis across the whole of NHS Lothian. The team serves a population of approximately 9,000 births per year and 1,000 admissions to the neonatal units.

Responsibilities

• The postholder will provide administrative and secretarial support to members of the multi-disciplinary team within this growing service.
• The post holder will work as part of a team to ensure the clinical support needs of the department are met, and that continuity of service delivery is achieved through efficient communication links with both internal and external agencies.

Additional Training and Selection

We invite applications, with additional training and support relevant to this role to be provided for the successful candidate.

Interviews

Interviews are provisionally planned for 24/11/2025.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Application Guidance

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please complete and submit your application at an early stage.

Reasonable Adjustments

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Work Eligibility

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement to demonstrate that you have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is granted by the UK Visas and Immigration Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.