Job overview

The role of the Medical Secretary is to provide a comprehensive secretarial, administration and information service to the Consultant in respect of his/her NHS work and to the supporting medical team.

To provide a secretarial service: accurately producing from digital dictation system, patient related correspondence /reports/discharges of a sensitive and complex nature, using appropriate software and within specific timescales

Main duties of the job

• Open and prioritise correspondence (which is often of a highly sensitive and confidential nature) on behalf of consultant ensuring that urgent correspondence receives prompt attention.


• Process case-notes of patients discharged from hospital; follow through on...