Clinical Typist

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking a Clinical Typist to provide high-quality audio typing and clerical support. You will collaborate with Patient Pathway Coordinators to ensure efficient processes. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong audio typing skills and knowledge of medical terminology, along with the ability to manage deadlines effectively. Join our dedicated team and contribute to delivering exceptional healthcare services across our communities.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within an office environment.
• Quality Customer Service experience.
• NHS experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Audio typing of clinical correspondence within agreed timescales.
• Maintaining accuracy and speed in typing tasks.
• Prioritising workload to meet deadlines.

Skills

Audio typing skills

Knowledge of medical terminology

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Keyboard skills

Education

Good general education including English GCSE at grade C or above

RSA II (or equivalent)

European Computer Driving Licence

Job description

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Typist

The closing date is 17 December 2025

Join our Respiratory Typist Team and play a key role in delivering high-quality audio typing and clerical support for the department. You will work closely with Patient Pathway Coordinators to ensure smooth and efficient processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Audio typing of clinical correspondence within agreed timescales
• Maintaining accuracy and speed in typing tasks
• Prioritising workload to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment
• Using initiative to respond to queries appropriately
• Fast and accurate audio typing skills
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Ability to manage changing priorities effectively
• Strong organisational and communication skills

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Person Specification

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK. Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Knowledge Requirements

• Computer literate with excellent keyboard skills
• Medical terminology
• Working knowledge of PAS and the NHS in general

QualificationsAcademic/Craft/ Professional

• Good general education including English GCSE at grade C or above (or equivalent)
• RSA II (or equivalent)
• European Computer Driving Licence

Experience

• Experience of working within an office environment
• Quality Customer Service
• NHS experience

Contractual Requirements

• Ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines
• Good team member
• Diplomatic and tactful

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust