Medical Secretary

Overview

Medical Secretary in Clinical Genetics Department based in our Taunton office. The closing date is 09 February 2026.

Employer: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will join an exceptional team to help our patients stay healthy when they need it most. For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below.

• Provide good quality, professional administrative support to the service.
• Work collaboratively with other administrators and secretaries within the team.
• Work with colleagues across the South West Genetics Service to ensure provision of a professional, efficient, accurate and timely service.
• Provide a point of contact for patients and relatives, ensuring a quality service is maintained to meet their needs within agreed timescales.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, serving more than 615,000 people, with specialist services reaching as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

We also provide integrated health and social care services across community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and people s own homes, along with primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC). Our state-of-the-art equipment and strong links to local universities keep us at the forefront of research and innovations to provide world-class care.

Joining Royal Devon now means contributing to an exciting integration journey and helping shape services for the future.

For more information on the

Job Description and Responsibilities, please refer to the linked job description. More detail about the role

• Provide good quality, professional administrative support to the service.
• Collaborate with other administrators and secretaries within the team.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the South West Genetics Service to ensure a professional, efficient, accurate and timely service.
• Provide a point of contact for patients and relatives, ensuring a quality service within agreed timescales.

Interview Date: To be confirmed

For further information please contact: Julie Millington, Admin Line Manager on  Email

As an inclusive employer, Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures and abilities and recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Preference will be given to staff with Priority and At Risk status, including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust. We strive to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team, including opportunities such as funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications, support for CPD or rotational placements, and flexible working to aid your work-life balance.

Employee wellbeing: Looking after you is important to us. We offer flexible working schemes and family-friendly policies. If you re starting out in the NHS, you ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays. Access to comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling and onsite wellbeing activities, is provided.

Other benefits: Salary is not the only financial benefit. You will have access to discounts and schemes such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts, salary sacrifice options including an onsite OFSTED-rated outstanding nursery at Exeter, car lease schemes, the NHS Pension scheme, and the cycle to work scheme.

• See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
• See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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