Medical Secretary

Ramsay Health Care; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Ramsay Health Care is seeking a Medical Secretary to support the team at Winfield Hospital, Gloucester. This role involves providing essential secretarial support to healthcare professionals, ensuring smooth patient management, and requires strong IT and communication skills. The position offers benefits including a private pension and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays

Private Pension (matched up to 5%)

Flexible shift patterns

Enhanced Parental Leave Policies

Private Medical Cover

Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 salary

Free Training and Development

Free Parking

Subsidised staff restaurant

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Audio typing experience – desirable not essential.
• Background knowledge or experience with medical terminology – highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Supporting consultants with record creation.
• Multi-tasking across a range of secretarial duties.
• Prioritising tasks and escalating issues as necessary.

Skills

Excellent IT skills

Excellent verbal and written communication

High attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Job description

time left to apply End Date: May 31, 2025 (3 days left to apply)

job requisition id JR12996

Job Description

Medical Secretary

Location: Winfield Hospital, Gloucester

Salary: Depending on experience + Benefits

Summary:

Winfield Hospital is one of Gloucestershire's leading private hospitals, located on the outskirts of the City of Gloucester. It is situated off the Northern Ring Road with excellent road and rail links. The hospital opened in 1992 and currently has 39 beds including thirty four single rooms all with en-suite facilities.

The role:

We have a great opportunity for a Medical Secretary to join our successful and professional team at the Winfield Hospital, based in Gloucester.

At Ramsay Health Care UK, we know our people are our most important asset. Join our busy team of medical secretaries and you can develop a rewarding career helping to provide patients with the best care.

Your main task will be supporting our consultants with fast and precise record creation which is so important to the smooth running of patient management. You will be expected to multi-task across a range of secretarial duties; offer good judgement in escalating issues, prioritising jobs, highly accurate typing, as these tasks all play an important part of your role. You’ll be valued for your skills and expertise and have the chance to build on them through our Ramsay Academy, too.

What you will bring with you:

• Excellent IT skills and accuracy
• Audio typing experience – desirable not essential
• Experience of multi-tasking and working to strict deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• High attention to detail
• Background knowledge or experience with medical terminology – highly desirable
• 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays (prorated)
• Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
• Flexible shift patterns available where possible
• Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies
• Private Medical Cover with option to add partner & dependants
• Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 base salary
• Free Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy
• Free Parking on site (where possible)
• Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)
• Concerts for Carers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle2Work scheme available, in partnership with Halfords
• The Blue Light Card Scheme

About Us:

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 60 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 11 countries with 77,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.

We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.

We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud of our ‘Speak Up for Safety’ programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of everything we do. Join us and have more ‘Time to Care’.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all.

We value your application and welcome any questions you may have prior to applying. Please be advised that we reserve the right to close our advertisements prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process.

It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.