Medical Secretary | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Barrow-in-Furness is seeking a Medical Secretary to join its administration team. The role involves providing comprehensive secretarial support to medical consultants and ensuring efficient operations. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication and organizational skills, be computer literate, and have significant administration experience. The position offers flexible working patterns for improved work/life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Positive work/life balance

Opportunity to work across services

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.
• Computer literate with experience using Microsoft Office and other systems.
• Significant administration experience, including minute taking and audio typing.
• Highly motivated, capable of working on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent administration and communication skills.
• Provide a comprehensive secretarial and administration service to the Consultant(s).
• Facilitate the organisation of the workload for the Consultant(s).
• Provide day-to-day support to the CAMHS team.
• Manage competing demands and priorities.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

We are currently recruiting a forward thinking, reliable, enthusiastic established administration professional to join our busy administration team as a Medical Secretary based at Alfred Barrow Health Centre, aligned to the Specialist Network.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent administration and communication skills and work flexibly in response to the service needs.
• Provide a comprehensive secretarial, administration and information service to the specified Consultant(s) and the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• Facilitate the organisation of the workload for the Consultant(s) and co-ordinate activities with other medical Secretaries and administration colleagues to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided.
• Provide day to day support to the CAMHS team and administration colleagues.
• Manage competing demands and priorities with strong time management skills.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.
• Computer literate with experience using Microsoft Office and other systems.
• Significant administration experience, including minute taking and audio typing.
• Highly motivated, capable of working on own initiative with a minimum level of supervision.

Benefits

• Flexible working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks.
• Positive work/life balance through improved health and wellbeing.
• Opportunity to work across special and physical health services in community settings.

Closing date

This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025.