Medical Support Secretary/Admin | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chelmsford is seeking enthusiastic individuals for the role of Medical Support Secretary. This position, based within the Medical Secretarial Service, requires strong typing and administrative skills, and offers both part-time and full-time opportunities. With a generous holiday allowance, a strong pension plan, and training leading potentially to a degree, this role is ideal for candidates looking to develop their careers in healthcare. Join a friendly team dedicated to providing excellent patient care and support.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Strong pension scheme

Formal training and apprenticeships

Qualifications

• Good keyboard skills and enjoyment of typing are essential.
• Ability to manage administrative tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Enthusiastic and well-organized, with a capacity to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Typing and administrative tasks associated with patient care.
• Supporting medical secretaries and following confidentiality protocols.
• Managing physical patient health records, including lifting up to 10kg.

Skills

Typing skills

Administrative skills

Organizational skills

Enthusiasm

Ability to work on own initiative

Education

Completed further education

Job description

Do you enjoy typing and administration? Then you may like to train to be a medical secretary or work in a role with complex administration.

Maybe you have completed further education and are looking for a role. If this sounds of interest to you then we would love you to apply for the one of our Support Secretary vacancies!

There are opportunities in Medical and Surgical specialities and a range of part time and full time roles. The role is based within the Medical Secretarial Service at Broomfield Hospital, and comes with some great benefits including, a very generous holiday allowance, a brilliant pension and the opportunity to work with some great people.

We would welcome applications for full time or part time or job share, we can offer fixed term contracts too if that would be of interest. We offer a range of formal training with some great apprenticeships starting with the basics and going through the various levels – if you qualify the Trust even offer apprenticeships that will lead all the way to a degree.

Please note this post is a fixed term contract ending 31.03.2026.

What do you need to have to apply? You need to have really good keyboard skills and enjoy typing. You also need the skills to manage admin tasks. Critically you should be enthusiastic; this is a very fast paced and demanding service so you need to be prepared for that. You also need to be very well organised, responsive and be able to work on own initiative.

Typing and administrative tasks associated with patient care.

Supporting medical secretaries and following strict confidentiality protocols.

The Medical Secretarial Service employs over 160 staff supporting the Trust consultants and their teams in 22 specialities with administrative and secretarial functions. The secretarial service is fundamental and forms the foundation for the support of all clinical activity.

The role can be demanding at times, however, our friendly teams thrive on working hard and supporting each other's to fulfil the job role.

Currently we also have to manage physical patient health records so you need to be fit enough to lift up to 10kg - this is essential requirement for the role.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

If you are looking for an exciting Medical Support Secretary role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025.