Personal Medical Secretary - Haematology
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Prescot, L35 5DRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
16 September 2026
10 days leftJob description
Haematology Personal Medical Secretary Permanent 22.5 hours per week Pathology Medical Secretary to provide a comprehensive administrative service to ...
Please see the attached documents, which provide a detailed overview of the Job Description and Person Specification. These documents outline the key duties, responsibilities, required qualifications, skills, experience, and competencies associated with the role for your review and consideration.
Please see the attached documents, which provide a detailed overview of the Job Description and Person Specification. These documents outline the key duties, responsibilities, required qualifications, skills, experience, and competencies associated with the role for your review and consideration.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Our Values
Essential: - We are Kind; - We are Open; - We are Inclusive
Qualifications
Essential: - RSA/OCRIII typing or equivalent; - Work processing skills; - Audio-typing skills; - Knowledge of medical terminology
Desirable: - AMSPAR or equivalent experience; - Shorthand skills/speed writing
Experience
Essential: - Excellent IT skills with knowledge of experience of Microsoft office products
Desirable: - 2 years' experience as medical secretary; - Previous experience within the NHS
Skills
Essential
- Self-motivated and able to work with limited supervision
- Ability to manage difficult/sensitive situations
- Able to use own initiative and manage/prioritise own workload
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to accurately maintain computerised and manual filing/documentation system
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable: - Knowledge of Hospital IT systems
Other
Essential
- Able to work the hours and duties required by the post
- Able to adopt flexible approach when required
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to build and maintain good working relationships within a team
- Comply with Trust policies and procedures
- Understanding of confidential nature of role and awareness of Data Protection Act
- Ability to withstand pressures of work
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
6 September 2026
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