Medical Support Secretary - GI Surgery

The role will include, but is not limited to:

Maintaining accurate patient records and filing systems, including handling incoming post and scanning documentation to PAS.

Supporting Senior Medical Secretaries by typing, editing and dispatching clinical correspondence using digital dictation systems, ensuring accuracy and timely turnaround.

Managing the departmental diagnostic tracker, checking and sorting test results, sharing information with clinicians, and completing follow-up actions to support smooth patient pathways.

Acting as a point of contact for patients and healthcare professionals, communicating clearly and professionally, and escalating queries where appropriate.

Working closely with administrative and clinical teams to support referral-to-treatment processes and maintain up-to-date outcome information.

Supporting service development by attending training, adapting to new processes and assisting with onboarding new staff.

If you meet the essential criteria, are motivated, organised, and committed to delivering high-quality administrative support, we encourage you to apply. To maximise your chances of being shortlisted, clearly demonstrate how you meet the person specification, using examples where possible.

We may close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications. If you are interested, please apply as soon as possible.

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Knowledge & Experieince

Essential: - Clerical / Administrative Experience

Desirable: - Previous NHS Experience; - Understanding Medical Terminology

Skills and Abilities

Qualifications & Training

Essential: - Educated to GCSE, Grade C or above (or equivalent) in English & Maths

Desirable: - Qualified in word processing/audio typing (or equivalent)

Aptitudes