NS263895 - Part Time Team Secretary / Audio Typist

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Aberdeen; On-site; ZAR 649,000 - 700,000; Part time

Job summary

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary seeks a part-time Team Secretary / Audio Typist (Band 3) to support the Liaison Psychiatry Department. This role offers 21 hours per week on a pro rata basis with a salary of £29,103–£31,409 across NHS Grampian.

The successful candidate will bring secretarial or audio-typing experience, strong interpersonal skills, and accuracy in typing and administration for medical teams. You may also contribute to other specialties as workload requires.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate should have previous secretarial, Audio Typist, or PA experience with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
• The ability to touch type and experience of audio typing is essential.
• Experience in medical/secretarial environments is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretarial and administration support to medical, surgical, and clinical teams.
• Carry out audio typing within Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and other specialties as workload allows.
• Support high-volume workflow with accurate typing and efficient appointment management.

Skills

Audio Typist

Secretarial experience

PA experience

Job description

Team Secretary / Audio Typist

Band 3 Hours – 21 hours per week (part-time Wednesday - Friday)

£29,103 - £31,409 pro rata

Liaison Psychiatry

We have a vacancy for a part-time Team Secretary / Audio Typist within the Liaison Psychiatry Department at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. This is a busy area with a variety of work and a high volume/turnaround of patients.

There will also be the opportunity when required to do audio typing within some of our other specialties within Aberdeen Royal Infirmary dependant on workload within Department.

What We Love To See

The ideal candidate should have previous secretarial, Audio Typist, or PA experience with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. The ability to touch type is with experience of audio typing is essential.

Who We Are

The Medical Secretarial Service provides secretarial and administration support to medical, surgical, and clinical teams across the acute sector of NHS Grampian. The team consists of Medical Secretaries, Audio Typists, Administrators, Filing Clerks, Receptionists, Trainers, PAs, and the Management Team.

There are opportunities for expansion and progression within the Medical Secretarial Service, including expanding your knowledge in to various other medical, surgical, and clinical services, or over time developing in to supervisory, training, or management roles.

Diversity and inclusion

We are focused on hiring the very best talent available, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all background and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.

It’s not essential to be in a Medical Secretary role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or considering a move from working in another relevant field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.

For informal enquiries please contact Wendy Walker, Assistant Secretarial Service Manager, at [e-mail].

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.