230923 Medical Secretary (GH)

NHS Lothian; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Edinburgh is seeking a part-time Band 3 Medical Secretary for the Maternity & Neonatal Psychological Interventions Team. The role involves providing administrative and secretarial support to the multidisciplinary team while ensuring continuity of service delivery. Additional training will be provided for the successful candidate. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply early due to high interest.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and secretarial support to the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure clinical support needs are met through efficient communication with agencies.
• Receive training and support relevant to the role.

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 specialities on an in-patient and out-patient basis across the whole of NHS Lothian. The team serve 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.
• 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 and Diversity

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. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Notes

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 make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

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.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations 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.