261014 - (KA) Medical Secretary

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Edinburgh (IN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is recruiting for a Medical Secretary to support consultants and their medical teams within NHS Lothian. The role involves providing essential administrative services and coordinating correspondence, appointments, and records to ensure smooth clinical workflows.

Successful candidates will be committed to equality and diversity and may be required to work flexibly across Lothian to meet service demands. PVG clearance is a prerequisite before starting in post.

Qualifications

• PVG Scheme membership/record required.
• Flexibility to work across Lothian may be requested.

Responsibilities

• The medical secretaries provide an administrative service to consultants and their medical teams.

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own.

• Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically.
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• Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements.

Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool.

The medical secretaries provide an administrative service to consultants and their medical teams.

The postholder does not have a responsibility for monitoring budgets but must demonstrate awareness of the financial pressures and work within the resources available.

The postholder is employed within NHS Lothian and there may be a requirement to work flexibly across Lothian to meet service demands.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.