Medical Secretary - Plastic Surgery & Pathways

University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire Nhs Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Medical Secretary for the Plastic Surgery service. You will provide confidential administration and secretarial support to consultants, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred service aligned with Trust standards.

The role requires strong typing skills, expert familiarity with clinical letters, and the ability to work under pressure to meet cancer pathway and urgent priority targets.

Qualifications

• Excellent typing and audio typing with high accuracy.
• Strong knowledge of clinical correspondence standards.
• Ability to manage high-volume workloads under pressure and meet targets.

Responsibilities

• Provide full secretarial support to consultants and ensure all clinical documentation is up to date.
• Accurately type and format clinical letters, reports and general correspondence to a high standard within agreed timescales.
• Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of the structure and layout of clinical letters to meet Trust standards.
• Use MModal transcribe software to understand complex medical terminology accurately.

Skills

Advanced typing

Audio typing

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Organisation

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Decision making

Empathy with patients

Attention to detail

Education

NVQ3 in Administration

ECDL or equivalent

RSA/OCR III or equivalent typing

GCSE English (B/5)

Tools

MModal

EPR

Microsoft Office (Outlook/Word/Excel)

Job description

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Medical Secretary for the Plastic Surgery service. You will provide confidential administration and secretarial support to consultants, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred service aligned with Trust standards.

The role requires strong typing skills, expert familiarity with clinical letters, and the ability to work under pressure to meet cancer pathway and urgent priority targets.