Medical Secretary

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Main area Medical Secretary Grade NHS AfC:
Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday based at Ormskirk Hospital) Job  
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Site Ormskirk Hospital Town Ormskirk Salary £27,485 - £30,162 Per Annum, Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/02/2026 23:59 Interview date 12/02/2026

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We currently have a vacancy within our team for an experienced, enthusiastic and well‑motivated Medical Secretary.

A good knowledge of medical terminology along with excellent keyboard, interpersonal and audio typing skills are essential.

You will be expected to undertake all administrative duties, be well organised, able to plan your own workload using your initiative and work to deadlines.

The post will be for 22.5 hours per week working Wednesday, Thursday and Friday based at Ormskirk Hospital

Previous applicants need not apply.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment

It is expected that applicants will have appropriate knowledge of working in a medical environment and also demonstrate a background of working in an office environment with the ability to liaise with all relevant departments within the Trust and multiple outside agencies.

Being a team player is essential together with first‑rate organisational skills. This post is an important role within the Gastroenterology team.

You must:

• Have previous medical secretarial experience
• Have an extensive knowledge of medical terminology
• Experience of minute taking

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

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.

Community Services

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, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

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.

Achievements:

• 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

• Support the day‑to‑day organisation, planning and management…