Medical Typist

Westcliffe Health Innovations; Bradford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Bradford is seeking an experienced administrative support specialist to provide comprehensive administrative services to consultants and teams. The role involves transcribing documents, preparing correspondence, and maintaining accurate digital records. Applicants must have previous NHS or healthcare administration experience and strong typing skills. This full-time position offers benefits including paid annual leave and access to an NHS pension.

Benefits

27 days paid annual leave rising to 33

NHS pension access

Birthday day and wellbeing day

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS or healthcare administration is essential.
• Excellent typing skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to consultants and teams.
• Transcribe documents from dictated tapes or handwritten drafts.
• Prepare correspondence and reports accurately.

Skills

Administrative support

Typing accuracy

Confidentiality

Education

GCSE grade C + in English and Maths or equivalent

Job description

Previous NHS/healthcare administration experience is essential, applications without will not be considered. Please refer to the attached supporting documents.

Working Pattern:

Monday to Friday - 30 hours per week (every day)

The job holder will provideadministrative and typist support across any of the specialty/services providedby Westcliffe Health Innovations.

The job holder will have someinvolvement with Clinicians and relevant Team Leaders across the Specialty /services to ensure that patients are treated in accordance with the companyspolicy and procedures.

The job holder will be expectedto contribute to the daily delivery of the business by ensuring all tasksrequired by the Team leader are completed in as timely and efficient manner aspossible.

It is expected that the jobholder will contribute to the development of an efficient service.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of the job is toaid administrative colleagues and to provide a comprehensive administrativeservice to consultants and administrative staff.

The post may involve some administrativeduties when colleagues are on annual leave or absent due to sickness and willinvolve making independent judgements but referring to SeniorAdministrator/Team leader when necessary.

About us

Westcliffe Health Innovations was established in 2014 basedat Eccleshill Treatment Centre to deliver Consultant led high quality EndoscopyServices to NHS patients in Bradford and Leeds.

Now in 2026, Westcliffe provides a range of services to thewhole of Yorkshire and surrounding areas which includes Gastroenterology,Endoscopy, Plastic Surgery, Cardiology, ENT, Gynaecology, Vascular, Urology andDermatology and private services.

The care delivered here at Westcliffe Health Innovations hasbeen developed in a clean modern environment that has the comfort andsatisfaction of the patient at its heart, providing a safe effective service,delivered in a calm environment that is done to make the patient experience asstress free as possible.

At Westcliffe Health Innovations we will work together tomaintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-lifebalance, to promote this we provide all staff with an extra birthday day and wellbeing day (available on satisfactory completion of the probationary period)

If you're starting out in the NHS, you will start with 27days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bankholidays, if you have previous experience in the NHS we honour the continuousservice.

Other benefits include a yearly bonus scheme and access to the NHS pension.

Job responsibilities

PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENT THAT IS THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

Transcribe documents from dictated tapes orhandwritten drafts

Prepare correspondence and reports by typingthem accurately

Create and maintain digital records

Check completed work for spelling, grammar,punctuation, and format

File and retrieve documents, records, andreports

Carry out administrative tasks as assigned

Gather and organise typing material

Create spreadsheets and presentations, combiningvarious data from existing files

Maintain physical and digital filing systems

Scan and print files, as needed

Keep information confidential in accordance withGDPR and confidentiality policies

To assist colleagues with workload, providingsecretarial/administrative support relating to the Consultants and their teams,including typing, filing, faxing, photocopying, opening and distributing mailas appropriate.

To support speciality/services in typing clinicletters and discharge summaries, medical reports, results letters.

Assist with any data collection and input thatis required at service level.

May be required to book patient appointments insome circumstances

To ensure that files are kept up to date andthat all investigations and other material are available for clinicappointments/admissions and that letters/results are filed in the appropriateplace in the case notes.

To ensure accuracy when administering anyrelevant IT systems. The systems willinclude Electronic Patient Record system 1 and/or other local systems ITsystems that records essential clinical and personal information aboutpatients word, internet and email.

Support administration colleagues during periodsof sickness, annual leave or training with support and guidance from seniors asrequired.

Work in close liaison with administrativecolleagues and assists in the smooth running of the department to undertakeother clerical duties as delegated by Senior Administrator/Team leader whennecessary.

Assist or participate in the training of staff,including temporary staff.

Such duties at a comparable level ofresponsibility associated with the work of the post, that may vary from time totime.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE grade C + in English and Maths or equivalent
• Leadership courses/ line management courses
• Any other appropriate NHS courses
• Any software or IT courses

Experience

• See attached person spec
• See attached person spec

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.