Support Secretary - Surgical Specialities | Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Isle of Wight NHS; Carisbrooke; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Support Secretary to provide professional secretarial support to the Surgical administrative team. The role involves typing, appointment scheduling, and general office duties while ensuring high-quality service for patients. Ideal candidates should possess fast typing skills and attention to detail. Benefits include flexible working opportunities and onsite nursery access.

Benefits

Onsite day nursery

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounts at local businesses and gyms

Ability to hire the Trust’s beach hut

Qualifications

• Experience in a secretarial or administrative role.
• Ability to provide efficient support for clinical staff.
• Skills in scheduling appointments and general office duties.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient secretarial support for the Surgical administrative team.
• Compile letters using the digital system TPRO.
• Act as a PA in absence of clinical staff and schedule appointments.

Skills

Fast and accurate typing

Attention to detail

Professional communication

Tools

TPRO digital system

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Support Secretary who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards " working together, improving together".

Location

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year‑round events, festivals and award‑winning attractions.

Position Details

We are currently recruiting to two separate vacancies within the surgical specialities administrative team. One full‑time post (37.5 hours per week) and one part‑time post 27 hours per week. Working pattern to be negotiated upon appointment.

Responsibilities

Provide a professional and efficient support secretarial service for the Surgical secretarial and administration team. This includes supporting clinical staff in different specialties within the department, in delivering a high‑quality service for patients.

This fast‑paced role will provide the right candidate with daily variety and ongoing sense of achievement. Encompassed within a high‑quality administrative team, who will welcome new members to the department and support their development and understanding of the requirements of these exciting roles.

To provide a fast, accurate, comprehensive typing service to clinical specialties across and within General Surgery, Urology & Breast Care.

• Undertake compiling of letters using digital system TPRO
• Act up to the role of PA, across the multiple specialities within the department, during their absence; training will be provided.
• Schedule appointments
• General office duties

Qualifications

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day‑to‑day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

Benefits

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle‑to‑work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Commitment to Inclusion

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout our services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

Application

Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.

This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025