Personal Medical Secretary

We are looking for organised and proactive Personal Medical Secretaries to support our Consultants and clinical teams. This is a key role within a fast-paced specialty where excellent administrative support is essential to providing high-quality patient care. These are maternity leave cover positions, your preferred position will be discussed at interview. Trauma and Orthopaedics - 22.5 hours per week - Monday 9am-5pm, Tuesday 9am-5pm and Friday 9am-5pm (contract ends 18.07.27) General Surgery - 18 hours per week - working Tuesday 9am-4pm, Wednesday 9am-4pm, and Thursday 9am-2pm (contract ends 17.07.27) Please note- it is the applicant's responsibility to seek authorisation from their current manager to be released for the secondment before a formal application is made, Provide comprehensive secretarial support to Consultants and the wider team. Manage diaries, appointments, clinical correspondence and audio typing. Support meetings, prepare documents and take minutes. Liaise with patients, clinicians and departments professionally and efficiently. Ensure timely handling of referrals, investigations and patient queries.

Highly organised with strong audio typing and administrative skills. Able to work independently in a busy environment. Confident communicating with patients and clinical staff. Accurate, detail-focused and discreet. If you're motivated, adaptable and committed to delivering excellent support, we'd love to hear from you.

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.

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. 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.