Clinical Secretary - Maternity & Neonatal

NHS Scotland; Wishaw; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical Secretary for the Maternity & Neonatal ward. The role involves providing essential administrative support to clinicians, ensuring efficient operations. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience in healthcare settings. Join a supportive environment that values patient care and employee development.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

8 public holidays

NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Occupational health services

Employee Counselling services

Work-life Balance policies

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare administration or secretarial role.
• Understanding of medical terminology.
• Evidence of strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to clinicians.
• Work in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Assist in managing patient communications and documentation.

Skills

Communication

Organisational Skills

Team Working

IT Competence

Audio Typing

Education

SVQ Level 2

Tools

Microsoft Office

Trak Care

Winscribe Digital

Badger Electronic

Job description

Clinical Secretary - Maternity & Neonatal

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The Role

We are looking to recruit a Clinical Secretary to join the Maternity & Neonatal ward at University Hospital Wishaw.

The Role

We are looking to recruit a Clinical Secretary to join the Maternity & Neonatal ward at University Hospital Wishaw.

The Clinical Secretary will provide comprehensive administrative support to a team of clinicians, enabling clinicians to operate effectively and efficiently.

The Clinical Secretary will also work in accordance with standard operating procedures.

Secretarial Experience Would Be Beneficial.

Contract type

Band 3 / Permanent / Part Time / 25 hours

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Why join NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some Of NHS Lanarkshire Benefits Include

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time staff)
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee Counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures
  
  

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

What We'll Need You To Bring

• SVQ level 2 qualification (or equivalent experience) plus experience in healthcare administration or experience in a secretarial role
• Understanding of medical terminology
• Evidence of effective team working and dealing with change
• Evidence of strong communication skills with patients, clinicians and colleagues.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Evidence of strong competence with relevant IT systems
• Audio typing skills
  
  

It Would Be Goo If You Also Had

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word for Windows)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, good communicator
• Ability to work under pressure
• Trak care
• Winscribe Digital
• Dictation system
• Badger Electronic
• Maternity Record
• Flexibility
  
  

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Nicola Mcgrotty at [e-mail]

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Devon Westwater at [e-mail]

Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information For Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. However, if there are a high level of interest in this position, we may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
• For help to complete an application on Jobtrain please follow this link: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/
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• Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments
  
  

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
  
  

Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Right To Work Within The UK

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

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• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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