Patient Services - Senior Clinical Secretary

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust in Grimsby invites applications for a Senior Clinical Secretary to provide comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to consultants and clinical teams across outpatient, inpatient and elective services.

You will manage referrals, appointments, admissions and treatments in line with RTT standards, act as a central contact for patients and families, maintain patient records and booking systems, and contribute to service improvements

Qualifications

• GCSEs or equivalent required.
• Business Administration NVQ or equivalent.
• Administration experience and NHS experience.
• Experienced with RTT and patient pathways.
• Customer service experience is important.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and secretarial support to consultants and clinical teams.
• Manage referrals, appointments, admissions and treatments according to RTT standards.
• Maintain accurate patient records and booking systems to support RTT targets.
• Coordinate communication with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support service improvements and flexible working arrangements where possible.

Education

GCSEs, or equivalent.

Business Administration NVQ, or equivalent.

Tools

NHS systems

Job description

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Patient Services - Senior Clinical Secretary

The closing date is 17 November 2026

To provide comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to consultants and clinical teams, ensuring smooth and efficient patient pathways across outpatient, inpatient, and elective services.

To manage, track, and coordinate patient referrals, appointments, admissions, and treatments, in accordance with Trust policies and RTT (Referral to Treatment) standards, directly contributing to the delivery of timely and effective patient care.

To act as a central communication point for patients, carers, and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring clear, courteous, and accurate information sharing and supporting a high standard of customer care.

To support the Trust's clinical services by maintaining accurate patient records, booking systems, and scheduling tools, enabling the organisation to meet service performance targets and ensure continuity of care.

To contribute to the overall efficiency and continuous improvement of the service through active participation in meetings, service developments, and cross-cover arrangements, aligning with the Trust's values of compassion, honesty, respect and teamwork.

Work alongside colleagues as part of the wider team to provide the best experience for the patients, ensuring management of patient investigations, arranging planned follow up's as per the Consultant plan and liaising with Consultant should this change. Track patient pathway efficiently to meet Referral to Treatment Target.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role are to manage clinics, clinical admin and support our Consultant colleagues, in line with RTT and the Access Policy.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work‑life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work‑life balance or a multi‑role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work‑life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well‑being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

We recognise that candidates may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support them when preparing their application. Where AI is used, the information provided must remain an accurate and authentic representation of your own skills, knowledge and experience.

AI must not be used to provide false or misleading information or to generate examples that do not reflect your own experience. You should be able to discuss and demonstrate the knowledge, skills and experience included within your application during the recruitment and selection process.

Candidates may be asked to declare whether AI has been used in preparing their application and, where applicable, how it has been used.

Person Specification

Education

• GCSE's, or equivalent.
• Business Administration NVQ, or equivalent.

Experience

• Administration Experience
• NHS Experience
• Experience with NHS systems
• Practiced in applying RTT
• Experience with customer services

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.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearper annum pro rata