Assistant Medical Secretary – Secondment Cover
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Hereford, HR1 2ERView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Secondment
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
25 October 2026
6 days leftJob description
The purpose of this role is to provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to Clinical teams, working independently to manage and pri...
- Provide secretarial and administrative support to Consultants, Nursing staff, and other clinical colleagues.
- Handle telephone calls and queries courteously and professionally, ensuring effective communication across the multidisciplinary team.
- Ensure all duties comply with confidentiality, data protection, Trust policies, and safe systems of work.
- Undertake any additional duties as required by the Admin Lead, Deputy General Manager, Medical Secretaries, or clinical staff, appropriate to the role.
- Book outpatient new and follow-up appointments according to departmental procedures, ensuring efficient use of clinic slots and consideration of patient needs.
- Support the validation and management of outpatient waiting lists, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in line with Trust standards.
- Carry out departmental validation tasks, including updating outcomes and amending database information.
- Support departmental data quality initiatives, including validation of waiting lists and EPR information.
- Cover for Medical Secretaries during leave or absence, including validation and updating of patient tracking lists.
- Maintain good working relationships across the Directorate to improve service effectiveness and efficiency.
- Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of medical terminology and conditions treated within the department.
Easily accessible from Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, Monmouth, and South Wales -- offering the chance to work in a beautiful rural setting with strong community connections.
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Education & Qualifications
Essential: - GCSE in English and Mathematics or equivalent
Desirable: - SA stage 2/3 or equivalent Medical Typewriting/Word Processing skills
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential: - Ability to organise, prioritise and manage workload without supervision; - Ability to meet tight time schedules and deadlines; - Computer skills
Desirable: - Understanding of Health Records; - Medical terminology
Experience
Essential: - Previous secretarial experience or equivalent; - Working under pressure
Desirable: - Previous NHS/healthcare experience; - Audio-typing
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First seen
9 October 2026
Last checked
9 October 2026
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