Clinical Support Secretary

NHS Scotland; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Family-friendly policies

Adjustments for accessibility

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking a friendly, motivated Clinical Support Secretary to join the Community Mental Health Team within the Learning Disabilities Team based at Lynebank Hospital, West Fife. You will provide robust administrative support to multidisciplinary teams, assist with digital services including NHS Near Me, and perform audio typing and secretarial duties with accuracy and efficiency.

The post requires Standard Grade level education or equivalent, plus strong typing, communication and

Qualifications

• Educated to equivalent of Standard Grade or have relevant experience.
• Excellent typing skills and audio typing/digital dictation experience would be beneficial.
• Good communication, organisation, numerical and listening skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide robust and efficient administration support to the Learning Disabilities Multi Disciplinary Clinical teams and associates.
• Support the Community Mental Health Team including medical secretaries, team lead, nurses and medical staff at Lynebank Hospital.
• Support wider administration team ensuring delivery of essential digital services for patient contact including NHS Near Me and CMHT Duty Line System.

Skills

Good communication

Excellent organisation

Numerical skills

Listening skills

Audio typing

Digital dictation

Team player

Computer literacy

Typing skills

Education

Standard Grade equivalent

Tools

Patient Administration Systems

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a friendly, motivated and reliable individual to take on the role of Clinical Support Secretary to the Community Mental Health Team in Mental Health Learning Disabilities Team in West Fife.

The Support Secretary will be responsible for delivering robust and efficient administration support to the developing Learning Disabilities Multi Disciplinary Clinical teams and associates.

You will directly support the Community Mental Health Team including the medical secretaries, team lead, nurses and medical staff based at Lynebank Hospital.

You will support the wider administration team ensuring delivery of essential digital services for patient contact including NHS Near Me and Community Mental Health Team Duty Line System

Candidates should be educated to equivalent of Standard Grade or have relevant experience. Good communication, excellent organisation, numerical and listening skills are essential. You will also have the ability to work as a member of a team or on your own initiative with minimal supervision. You must be computer literate, have excellent typing skills and previous secretarial experience is essential, including audio typing/digital dictation. Knowledge and experience of Patient Administration Systems would be an advantage but not essential as training will be given.

You will be expected to attend in-house training opportunities for personal development and ongoing learning.

Flexibility to provide cover for holidays/illness may be required. You will be required, often at short notice, to travel to other sites from Dunfermline to Cupar to support the wider CMHT sectors across Fife.

Informal Enquiries: Sharon Munro, Clinical Support Supervisor [e-mail]

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and 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. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be foundhere.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

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Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.

Applications on a secondment basis will be considered providing you have prior agreement from your current line manager.

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.

Reference: 233624

Contract Type: Permanent

Posted On: 21 Sep 2026

Closing Date: 05/10/2026