Assistant Medical Secretary - Grimsby | Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Grimsby is seeking an Assistant Medical Secretary for the Oncology department. The role involves supporting the Medical Secretary with administrative duties to enhance patient care. NHS experience is beneficial, and familiarity with patient pathways, ERS, and Lorenzo is desirable. Flexible working arrangements are supported.

Qualifications

• Experience in a medical secretarial role preferred.
• Strong organizational and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Medical Secretary in delivering effective support to the specialty administration team.
• Perform general clerical and administrative duties to support the patient pathway.
• Follow Standard Operating Procedures to ensure tasks are completed within timescales.

Skills

NHS experience

Experience of patient pathways

Knowledge of ERS and Lorenzo

Job description

Overview

We currently have a vacancy within the Oncology department for an Assistant Medical Secretary to join the Specialty Admin Team.

NHS experience would be beneficial. Experience of patient pathways, ERS and Lorenzo is also desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assistance to the Medical Secretary in delivering an effective and efficient support service to specialty administration teams, to assist in the provision of quality patient care. This will include general clerical and administrative duties that support the administrative elements of the entire patient pathway.
• Use Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure that functions of the role are carried out correctly within given timescales.

About NLAG and our Group

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

Working values and flexible working

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community. We are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide. Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees. We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we\'ll do our best to make it happen. Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

How to learn more and apply

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This advert closes on Sunday 28 Sep 2025