Medical Secretary | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Medical Secretary to join their Adult ADHD service team in Knowsley. The successful candidate will provide primary secretarial support to Consultant Psychiatrists and be responsible for organising client-centred meetings and comprehensive business administration. Applicants must have knowledge of medical terminology, the Mental Health Act, and experience with Electronic Patient Records. Flexible working requests are welcomed. Closing date for applications is 4 Dec 2025.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary secretarial support to Consultants, Doctors, Medics and Trainees.
• Organise and coordinate client-centred meetings, clinics and care & support reviews.
• Deliver confidential, flexible, comprehensive business administration within a team or service structure.
• Exercise judgement and prioritise duties to meet service level agreements and core standards.
• Negotiate, influence, delegate and make creative decisions to maximise resource utilisation.

Skills

Established Medical Secretary

Knowledge of general/medical or legal terminology

Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act

Experience of using Electronic Patient Records system

Job description

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity?

Adult ADHD service for Halton, Knowsley and Sefton are looking to recruit an established Medical Secretary to join the ADHD part of the team.

Primary secretarial responsibility to 3 Consultant Psychiatrists.

We are looking for a Medical Secretary who is enthusiastic and person centred who will provide a high quality service that is innovative in practise.

The core business of the service is Monday to Friday between 0900hrs – 1700hrs.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

The organisation and coordination of regular client centred meetings, clinics and care & support reviews are arranged and administered on behalf of the client.

The post holder will have primary secretarial responsibility to all Consultants, Doctors, Medics and Trainees.

The post holder will also provide a confidential, flexible, comprehensive business administration service within a team or service structure.

The post holder must be able to exercise judgement and knowledge in prioritising their daily duties and tasks, by understanding the needs and priorities of the Consultant Psychiatrists or service leads and balancing against service level agreements/core standards and the resource available.

This will require the post holder to be able to negotiate, influence, delegate and make creative decisions to ensure the use of resources are maximised within the service or team.

Knowledge of general/medical or legal terminology is a requirement; working knowledge of the Mental Health Act and experience of using Electronic Patient Records system, is essential to carry this role out effectively.

Qualification & Experience

• Established Medical Secretary with experience of supporting Consultant Psychiatrists.
• Knowledge of general/medical or legal terminology.
• Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act.
• Experience of using Electronic Patient Records system.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide primary secretarial support to Consultants, Doctors, Medics and Trainees.
• Organise and coordinate client-centred meetings, clinics and care & support reviews.
• Deliver confidential, flexible, comprehensive business administration within a team or service structure.
• Exercise judgement and prioritise duties to meet service level agreements and core standards.
• Negotiate, influence, delegate and make creative decisions to maximise resource utilisation.

This advert closes on Thursday 4 Dec 2025.