Medical Secretary - Cardiology
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Huntingdon, PE29 6FH · Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, CB2 0AYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 November 2026
13 days leftJob description
We are delighted to offer an excitingfull-time opportunity for an enthusiastic and dedicated Medical Secretaryto join our friendly and supportive Clin...
Audio typing
Tracking patients through the pathway -- Meeting Oncology waiting times
Adding patients to the waiting list
Communication with patients, relatives, and multidisciplinary teams
Diary management
Referral to Treatment (RTT)
Knowledge of administrative systems
Good understanding of the relevant patient information systems in order to carry out the role
Good understanding of Referral to Treatment (RTT)
Be able to input data carefully into the relevant patient systems
Minute taking training
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Qualifications
Essential
- Keyboard skills to RSA Level 2/3 or equivalent
- Level 2 or equivalent in English & Maths
- Level 3 or equivalent qualification or experience in Administration or Customer Service
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of using Microsoft Office Applications
- Knowledge or secretarial or administrative procedures and systems
- Previous experience of working in an office environment
- Previous experience of minute taking
- Previous experience of audio-typing
- The ability to communicate sensitive information to colleagues, patients and relatives
- The ability to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage
- The ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality secretarial and administrative support
- Utilise personal problem solving skills to assist patients, carers and staff
- Able to organise, prioritise and adjust own workload in relation
- to the priorities of the department
- Demonstrates personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources
- Maintains the quality in own work and encourages others to do so
- Ability to share knowledge and skills with other team members
Desirable: - Previous experience of working in the NHS; - Previous experience of using medical terminology
Additional Criteria
Essential
- As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Ability to treat all employees and other hospital information confidentially
- Recognition of factors in maintaining own and others health, safety and security
- Supportive of equality and values diversity
How to apply
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First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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