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Medical Secretary/Higher Medical Secretary in Middlesbrough

On-site in Middlesbrough·Added yesterday (last checked 11 Nov)

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Salary
£25,760 - £31,157 a year

About £1,840 - £2,160 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, Middlesbrough
Closing date
Apply by Wednesday 25 November

Skills

Nice to have

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in Middlesbrough.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Working knowledge of Office and Outlook, including word, excel and powerpoint, e-mail and internet
  • Secretarial and administrative experience
  • Substantial secretarial and administrative experience
  • Extensive use of Office and Outlook, including word, excel and powerpoint, e-mail and internet
  • GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2) or equivalent level of demonstrable experience (using the 'knowledge and skills' criteria above)
  • NVQ3 level Secretarial or Business Administrative qualification, or equivalent level of demonstrable experience (using the 'knowledge and skills' criteria above)
  • Medical Terminology Qualification Level 2 or equivalent level or short courses or equivalent demonstrable working experience in accordance with the Trust's Medical Secretarial Development Framework
  • ustomer care qualification, Level 2 or short courses or equivalent demonstrable working experience in accordance with the Trust's Medical Secretarial Development Framework
  • Efficient and accurate word processing skills
  • Excellent planning, prioritisation and organisational skills
  • Substantial working knowledge of secretarial/clerical processes
  • Substantial Working Knowledge of Functionality of Patient Administration System
  • Understanding of a range of work procedures associated with outpatient clinic arrangements, secretarial office procedures and case note procedures
  • Knowledge of General Data Protection Regulations and patient confidentiality
  • Understanding of secretarial/clerical processes

Nice to have

  • Medical Terminology qualification or equivalent level of working experience with medical terminology
  • Audio-typing qualification or equivalent level of working experience with medical terminology
  • ustomer Care qualification level 2
  • GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills (level 2) or equivalent level of demonstrable experience
  • NVQ3 level Secretarial or Business Administrative qualification or equivalent level of demonstrable experience
  • Trust experience; knowledge of STHFT policies and procedures
  • Awareness of General Data Protection Regulations and patient confidentiality
  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • Understanding of a range of work procedures associated with outpatient clinic arrangements, secretarial office procedures and case note procedures (B3) (2)
  • Working knowledge of the functionality of Patient Administration Systems (B3) (2)

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£25,760 to £31,157 a year per annum (pro rata)

The role

Department: Cardiology

We are looking for an experienced secretary to join the secretarial and administration team in Cardiology. The post offers excellent opportunities for an enthusiastic and conscientious person to provide a comprehensive medical secretarial service to consultants and junior medical staff in an efficient and timely manner, assisting in the organisation of their workload and contributing to the overall success of the organisation.

What you'll do

You will have previous medical secretarial and administrative experience, preferably in a health care setting. It is essential that you have strong IT skills, a good level of general education, an extensive knowledge of Office and Outlook (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and internet) along with advanced typing/word processing qualifications/skills.

You will have excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills. It's important that you are flexible, able to act on your own initiative and work both independently and as part of a team. You must be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise workloads as well as being positive and enthusiastic.

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions.

Your Leadership Impact

Leading Your Team to Success

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

  • Explore leadership within the NHS
  • Promote Trust values and behaviours
  • Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
  • Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

How you'll work

This role is to work on site, within the core hours of 08.00 - 17.00 (7.5 hours per day).

Post holders will be appointed at band 3 or band 4 depending upon previous experience as laid out in the Trust's development framework for medical secretaries. The framework provides a clear progression to allow post holders to progress from band 3 to band 4 within the post subject to a formal evaluation in role (this would take 18 months to progress from Band 3 to Band 4).

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.

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Date posted

11 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

Hiring process

This vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

About South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Industry
Health and social care

In their own words

About the company & team

South Tees Hospitals is the largest hospital trust in the Tees Valley with two acute hospitals and services in a number of community hospitals.

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a designated major trauma centre and provides all its specialties from one site which is unique for a hospital of its size. It provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracics, vascular surgery and cancer services. It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency department which houses the major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own helipad. In 2012 the Middlesbrough hospital completed a £35 million redevelopment of its cancer services and is now proud to provide some of the best facilities in Europe. The James Cook University Hospital has a modern, central operating suite containing 20 well-equipped theatres and a 16-bedded intensive care unit. There is also an Institute of Learning, Research and Innovation on site, embracing postgraduate medical education, undergraduate teaching centre, nurse training school, the school of radiography and library facilities.

The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton is an essential part of our organisation and an important point of delivery for the community. It is one of the smallest district general hospitals in the country and has 189 inpatient beds.

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