Medical Secretary - General Surgery
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Bath, BA1 3NGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
16 September 2026
10 days leftJob description
Are you confident using Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word? Do you have strong typing skills and a keen eye for detail? If you're a good communicator w...
- Provide a complete and comprehensive medical administrative service including Referral to Treatment (RTT), patient correspondence and editing and formatting letters.
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, sharing responsibility for the smooth running of the administrative service to deliver safe patient care
- To be a first point of contact, answering all telephone enquiries, taking and relaying messages in a polite and helpful manner, and using own judgement to establish the priority of issues and taking action as appropriate.
- To deal with incoming correspondence via email from patients, GPs and other departments, using initiative as appropriate to expedite issues and administer patient appointments when necessary.
- Ensure that correspondence from clinicians is typed, edited and sent promptly and accurately, and keep track of diagnostic reports to ensure that patients receive their results in a timely manner.
- To assist in the fast track treatment for patients with cancer and to ensure referrals to other healthcare professionals are forwarded promptly.
- To ensure patient data and records are up to date and accurate, including: checking patient outcomes are recorded correctly, administration of the RTT pathway, appointments and surgical procedures are requested, uploading clinical information as directed and facilitating transfer of care.
Please see the job description attached to this vacancy for a more detailed overview of the role and person specification.
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.
We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.
We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!
Discover what it's like to live and work in Bath, explore our RUH staff benefits, and learn how we're building healthcare for the future through the Dyson Cancer Centre and our commitment to research.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential: - Office/Admin experience
Desirable: - Awareness of healthcare practices
Specific Skills
Essential: - Computer literacy - Microsoft Office and databases; - Typing ability/attention to detail
Desirable: - Teamwork
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
2 September 2026
Last checked
4 September 2026
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