Community Paediatric Secretary

NHS; Sale; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Community Paediatric Secretary to provide administrative support to the community paediatric team. The candidate should possess excellent communication and organisational skills, alongside proficiency in Microsoft Office. This part-time permanent role offers a salary of £24,937 to £26,598 per annum, pro rata, with opportunities for ongoing learning and development.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an office environment.
• Experience of typing and dealing with the public.
• Working within a community health services setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the consultant and community paediatric team.
• Typing clinical correspondence, referral management, and booking appointments.
• Telephone liaison with patients and healthcare providers.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Typing skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Team skills

Education

GCSE Grade C/5 or functional skills level 2 - English Language and Maths

Recognised typing and/or IT qualifications (RSA II) or equivalent

Diploma in Business Administration

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Community Paediatric Secretary

The closing date is 13 October 2025

Working within a busy, dynamic Community Paediatric Service, encompassing looked after children, child development, education and child protection, you'll work in a great team in modern offices. You'll receive an induction programme, full training and have the opportunity for ongoing learning and development.

If you have a positive attitude and want to learn, this is a great opportunity to utilise your excellent communication, organisation and administrative skills to support others. With experience of working within an office environment, you\'ll have excellent typing and Microsoft Office IT skills and be familiar with audio/digital dictation.

Come and join our supportive team and we\'ll support you to develop and excel in your role. We look forward to meeting you.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the consultant and community paediatric team, in accordance with relevant policies, procedures, protocols and guidance. This includes typing clinical correspondence, referral management, booking appointments and telephone liaison.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We\'re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you\'ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We\'ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We\'re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What\'s more, we\'re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE Grade C/5 minimum standard or functional skills level 2 - in English Language and Maths or equivalent experience
• Recognised typing and/or IT qualifications (RSA II) or equivalent skills
• Diploma in Business Administration

Experience

• Experience working in an office environment
• Experience of typing
• Dealing with the public
• Working within a community health services setting

Knowledge

• Very good working knowledge of Microsoft Office systems, including Word, Excel, Access, Outlook
• Excellent knowledge of office systems and procedures

Skills

• Good team skills
• High level of initiative
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Maintain confidentiality and professional manner at all times

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

1st Floor Waterside House, Waterside Plaza

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

349-LCO-7513976C-RL4

Job locations

1st Floor Waterside House, Waterside Plaza