Medical Secretary & Admin Support — Audio Typing

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Support Secretary to provide high‑quality secretarial support to the Department and Management Team. The role requires working with minimal supervision, handling confidential information with care, and may involve off-site work at Kingsway Children's Centre.

Responsibilities include audio transcription, medical terminology accuracy, document scanning and filing, and providing a comprehensive secretarial service to Consultants.

Qualifications

• GCSE English or NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
• RSA Typing III.
• Audio Typing experience.
• Touch Typist.
• Knowledge of Microsoft packages.
• Familiar with medical terminology.
• Relevant clerical experience.
• Knowledge/experience of patient administration systems.

Responsibilities

• Undertake audio transcription and typing of clinic and digital dictation, maintaining medical terminology accuracy.
• Distribute correspondence to relevant parties.
• Scan or file letters and diagnostic results into patient notes as per Health Records Guidelines.
• Sort and track case notes and prepare for portering staff by returning to file in labelled boxes.
• Assist with post rota preparation and handling of incoming/outgoing post.
• Photocopy, fax and scan relevant documents.
• Provide short-term secretarial cover for other teams as needed during incidents of absence.
• Provide comprehensive secretarial service to Consultants and team.

Skills

Audio typing

Touch typing

Microsoft packages

Medical terminology

Clerical experience

Patient administration systems

Education

GCSE English or NVQ Level 2

RSA Typing III

Job description

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Support Secretary to provide high‑quality secretarial support to the Department and Management Team. The role requires working with minimal supervision, handling confidential information with care, and may involve off-site work at Kingsway Children's Centre.

Responsibilities include audio transcription, medical terminology accuracy, document scanning and filing, and providing a comprehensive secretarial service to Consultants.