Medical Personal Assistant

The Methodist Church in Britain; North Waterhouse Farm; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Protected health and wellbeing hours

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Medical PA to support several consultants and clinical teams. The role focuses on office management, confidential data handling, medical audio typing, and efficient use of IM&T systems.

Applicants should have strong medical terminology and typing skills; training is provided for the 18-week pathway. A medical secretarial diploma or equivalent is required.

Qualifications

• AMSPAR Advanced Medical Secretarial Diploma or equivalent with medical terminology.
• RSA Level III Word Processing or NVQ3 or equivalent (60+ wpm, high accuracy).
• ECDL or equivalent qualification or demonstrable skills.
• English GCSE grade C or above or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and PA support to multiple consultants and their teams.
• Deal with members of the public and professionals.
• Carry out office management and secretarial procedures in a hospital environment.
• Undertake medical audio typing.
• Use IM&T systems for data entry and extraction.

Skills

AMSPAR Diploma

Medical Terminology

Typing 60+ wpm

MS Word & Outlook

Education

AMSPAR Diploma

RSA III Word Processing

ECDL

English GCSE C

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

IM&T systems

Job description

This Medical PA post sits in the Clinical Administration team at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, where it supports several consultants and their clinical teams. The work centres on office management, secretarial procedures, medical audio typing and handling confidential patient information. Candidates need strong medical terminology and typing skills, with knowledge of the 18-week pathway desirable but training provided. A medical secretarial diploma or equivalent evidence of skills is required.

What the job involves

• Provide administrative and PA support to multiple consultants and their clinical teams
• Deal with members of the public and professionals
• Carry out office management and secretarial procedures in a hospital environment
• Undertake medical audio typing
• Use IM&T systems for data entry and extraction
• Work to tight deadlines and changing priorities

Qualifications

• AMSPAR Advanced Medical Secretarial Diploma including medical terminology, or equivalent demonstrable skills
• Word processing to RSA level III or NVQ level 3, or equivalent (60+ wpm at 98% accuracy)
• ECDL or equivalent qualification or demonstrable skills
• English GCSE grade C or above, or equivalent

Experience

• Office management and secretarial procedures in a hospital environment
• Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Outlook
• Medical audio typing
• IM&T systems for data extraction and entry
• Working to tight time frames and deadlines
• Applying medical terminology within at least one specialty

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of Information Governance and maintaining confidentiality of person identifiable information
• Understanding of local and national access targets, and Choose and Book
• Good command of English, punctuation and grammar
• Organisational skills and ability to prioritise with interruptions and changing priorities

Nice to have

• Customer service qualification
• Shorthand qualification
• Knowledge of the 18-week patient pathway

What’s offered

• Competitive benefits package
• Annual leave allowance
• Flexible working opportunities
• Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities
• Training in the 18-week patient pathway
• Career opportunities across a large NHS trust