Medical Secretary

NHS; Preston; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in Preston is seeking a Medical Secretary to provide administration support for clinical services. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and organizational skills, have experience working in an office environment, and the ability to handle distressing situations while maintaining confidentiality. This role offers flexible working patterns and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Supportive team environment

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience of working in an office environment.
• Experience of working with distressed patients.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the administrative team in adherence to Trust policies.
• Formulate staffing rotas and ensure timely distribution.
• Provide administration support for clinical services.

Skills

Proven communication skills

Organizational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Good level of general education including Mathematics and English at GCSE Grade 4 or above

NVQ Level 4 in Business and Admin or equivalent experience

OCR Level III or equivalent word processing experience

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Secretary

The closing date is 18 August 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Secretary to join the Moving Well Service within Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will work closely with the Deputy Admin Lead, Consultants, other Clinical Professionals, Service Managers and operational managers to provide an efficient and responsive administration service. The post holder will be required to work on their own initiative and liaise effectively with a broad range of health and social care professional. They will be experienced in supporting the management of operational clinical services, supervising a team and maintaining staff and client confidentiality.

You will support and develop a responsive administration service having responsibility for the day to day supervision of the administrative team and in adherence to Trust policies and procedures.

If you would like more information or have any informal queries please contact us on the details provided.

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will have proven communication skills in order to formulate all the staffing rotas and ensure timely distribution. This is a key departmental post and will give the successful applicant a broad experience that is both people focused and technical.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about the challenges of working in a busy and constantly changing environment, with the ability to remain calm under pressure and to achieve strict deadlines. You will be a highly motivated individual, with the ability to motivate and influence others, suggest and implement ideas to improve team performance and efficiency and will have excellent communication skills.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good level of general education including Mathematics and English at GCSE Grade 4 or above, or equivalent.
• NVQ Level 4 in Business and Admin or equivalent experience.
• OCR level III or equivalent word processing experience

Knowledge

• Specialist knowledge of a range of secretarial procedures
• Understanding of GDPR

Experience

• Work in an office environment
• Experience of working with distressed patients
• Working as part of a team

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

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust