Medical Secretary | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health care provider in Preston seeks a Medical Secretary to provide comprehensive support to the Multi-Disciplinary Team. This role includes managing correspondence, planning activities, and contributing to high-quality, person-centered care for adults with learning disabilities. The position offers flexible working arrangements, encouraging applicants to specify their preferences.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Strong communication and negotiation skills for managing sensitive issues.
• Ability to screen and prioritize correspondence effectively.
• Experience in planning complex activities and meetings.

Responsibilities

• Support designated Consultants and their teams with administrative duties.
• Organize workloads and coordinate activities with other medical secretaries.
• Deliver outstanding, person-centered care in a mental health setting.

Job description

Water Meadow View is a new mental health inpatient unit for adults with learning disabilities, opening in late 2025 on our site in Whittingham, Preston. We are seeking a Medical Secretary to support the Multi-Disciplinary Team in delivering outstanding, person-centred care.

Our Trust aims to provide the best possible care. Water Meadow View will focus on clinical excellence, support, safety, and patient-centred care.

The post holder will provide comprehensive secretarial, administrative, and information services to designated Consultants and their teams. This includes organizing workloads, coordinating activities with other medical secretaries, and ensuring an efficient, confidential service.

Joining us means making a positive impact on the lives of people with learning disabilities by delivering compassionate, person-centred care in a purpose-built, co-produced environment.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Communicating and correspond with senior/network managers on complex, sensitive issues, requiring negotiation, empathy, and reassurance skills.
2. Screening emails, faxes, and correspondence, establishing validity and priority, taking appropriate action, and flagging urgent matters to managers.
3. Planning and organizing complex network-wide activities and meetings, adjusting schedules, and responding to conflicting demands.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of mental and physical health services across the region, including inpatient, community, and specialist services.

The Trust supports flexible working arrangements such as term-time, part-time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks. Applicants are encouraged to specify their preferences on the application and discuss them at interview.

For more information, visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT. Please review the attached job description and person specification for further details.

This advert closes on Sunday, 10 August 2025.