Medical Secretary Team Leader

Nuffield Health; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare charity in the UK is looking for an experienced Medical Secretary Team Leader in Bristol. This role involves managing a busy secretarial team, ensuring high standards of service, and supporting consultants in delivering excellent patient care. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership and organizational skills. This position offers a supportive environment with various employee benefits including gym membership and health assessments.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Proven experience in administration within a hospital setting.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and drive team performance.
• Professional, proactive, and solution-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage recruitment, annual leave, sickness absence, and performance reviews.
• Ensure efficient monthly consultant billing and adherence to hospital policies.
• Oversee department IT needs including system licenses and troubleshooting.

Skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication abilities

Organizational abilities

IT systems proficiency

Job description

Medical Secretary Team Leader

We are looking for a confident and experienced Medical Secretary Team Leader to manage a busy secretarial team and support a group of consultants in delivering outstanding patient care. This role combines hands‑on secretarial duties with leadership responsibilities, ensuring smooth day‑to‑day operations, high standards of service, and effective coordination across consultant practices.

Team Leadership & Line Management

• Manage recruitment, annual leave, sickness absence, and performance reviews.
• Conduct objective setting and support development of team members.

Operational Oversight

• Ensure efficient monthly consultant billing and adherence to hospital policies.
• Represent the department in hospital‑wide meetings and communicate updates to the team.
• Maintain compliance with Health & Safety, Information Governance, and operational procedures.

IT & Systems Management

• Oversee department IT needs including system licences, dictation equipment, and troubleshooting.
• Liaise with IT support for ongoing developments and issues.

Qualifications & Skills

• Proven experience in administration within a hospital setting.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and drive team performance.
• Professional, proactive, and solution‑focused approach.
• Excellent communication and organisational abilities.
• Comfortable with IT systems and dictation technology.

About Nuffield Health

Nuffield Health is the UK's largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we're committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award‑winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care.

Situated in the beautiful village of Clifton, Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital – The Chesterfield – has a long and distinguished history of looking after the people of Bristol. With the latest equipment, and designed to meet the needs of all of our patients, we are constantly developing our services to ensure our patients receive the finest quality treatment. A 30 private bed hospital which houses 3 digital theatres and combines leading‑edge clinical facilities with an outstanding customer experience.

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

How to Apply

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today. If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.