Admin Clerk / Medical Typist | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Medical Typist/Admin Clerk to provide essential administrative support in the Surgery & Anaesthetic Department. The role requires excellent communication skills, the ability to handle confidential information, and proficiency in typing. The candidate will assist medical staff, manage appointments, and ensure efficient administrative services. This position offers the opportunity to work cross-site in HRI and Calderdale Royal Hospital, contributing to patient care and safety.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills to liaise with medical staff confidentially.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in typing and clerical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Act as a link between Medical Secretaries, maintaining confidentiality.
• Assist consultants and clinical staff in administrative tasks.
• Perform audio typing and general correspondence.

Job description

Overview

Are you a professional and enthusiastic individual with a passion for providing top-notch administrative support? This opportunity is for a Medical Typist/Admin Clerk in the Surgery & Anaesthetic Department.

Please note although this post is based at HRI, all posts have an expectation of working cross-site between Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital services subject to service needs as required.

Responsibilities

• Act as a link between the Medical Secretaries ensuring all communication is passed on accurately whilst upholding confidentiality.
• Integrate as part of the team, assisting consultants and clinical staff in delivering a safe and efficient administrative service for patients.
• Typing both audio and copy.
• Validating, cross checking and escalating requests made correctly in the systems; flags acted upon such as appointments, tests requested, blood forms to send, and follow-up of MDT requests.
• Prioritise workloads and maintain accuracy under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Typing of letters from clinics and any other general correspondence where necessary.
• Clerical tasks as required (photocopying, scanning, answering phones, etc.) to support team members.
• Booking appointments.
• Ability to work on own initiative and make decisions within written guidelines, sometimes without reference to others.
• Undertake any other ad hoc duties as requested by the Team Leader or Divisional Administration Team.

Additional duties and cross-site responsibilities

• Audio typing clinics and admin, uploading sensitive information onto patients’ medical notes and general admin.
• Validating and cross-checking requests made within dictation from clinicians.
• On request from the Team Leader, cover colleagues within any of the specialties during absences/annual/sick leave and undertake job rotation for cross-cover, development or training purposes.
• Ensure equipment such as computers, printers, etc., used are in working order by contacting the relevant department/personnel if not.
• Offer advice and support and demonstrate duties to new members of staff.
• Booking clinic appointments.

This advert closes on Tuesday 4 November 2025.