Clinical Support Secretary

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; Leigh; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

An established NHS foundation trust is seeking a dedicated secretary to join their Clinical Support team. This hybrid role offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment, providing essential audio typing services and supporting medical professionals. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks under pressure. With opportunities for career progression and a commitment to staff well-being, this position is perfect for those looking to advance in the medical secretarial field. Join a team that values patient care and staff engagement!

Qualifications

• Proven experience of audio-typing and secretarial services.
• Ability to type accurately at 40-50 words per minute.

Responsibilities

• Provide an efficient audio typing service for patient correspondence.
• Support Consultant PAs in managing tasks and priorities.

Skills

Audio Typing

Communication Skills

Time Management

Medical Terminology

Education

RSA III or equivalent

AMSPAR qualification

Tools

Digital Dictation System

Patient Information Systems

Job description

We currently have an opportunity for a suitably experienced secretary to join our team of Clinical Support Secretaries within our Medical Secretariat.

The available position is for 18.75 hours per week based at our Leigh Site. Hybrid working (a combination of office days and working from home days) may be considered after a period of training.

This role is ideal for those wishing to pursue a career as a medical secretary, offering opportunities to gain knowledge and experience across multiple specialties to facilitate progression to a higher level.

This interesting & varied role requires the ability to work well on your own initiative whilst being committed to teamwork to ensure work is completed to meet Trust targets. You must possess the ability to manage a variety of tasks & prioritise these accordingly whilst working under pressure. Good communication skills and the ability to deal with confidential & sensitive issues in a professional manner are essential.

When completing your supporting statement, please refer to the person spec, demonstrating in your application how you match all points, providing examples of experience, understanding and transferable skills.

Please also indicate all of the specialities that you have experience of typing for, where applicable.

You will be working in a busy environment within the ‘virtual’ Clinical Secretary pool within a small team to designated specialties. You will be providing an efficient audio typing service using our Digital Dictation System, together with our existing Patient Information Systems. You will support our Consultant PAs, ensuring that patient and GP correspondence is typed and dispatched within a timely manner.

To be successful in this role you will need to be qualified to RSA III or equivalent or have a proven experience of audio-typing and providing a secretarial / audio-typing service. You will also need to be able to type accurately at speeds of around 40 – 50 words per minute. Having knowledge of medical terminology and / or an AMSPAR qualification will be a distinct advantage. Previous secretarial experience within a hospital or other medical environment would also be a distinct advantage.

Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Temandra Dennis Job title: Deputy HCA Manager - Medical Secretaries Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01942 264352