Medical Secretary – Paediatrics

Company: NHS
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Location: Hereford
Job Description:

Are you looking for a new challenge? If so we would love to hear from you!

The Paediatric department are looking for a part time (32 hours) Medical Secretary to work across 4 or 5 days (Monday-Friday).

This is a busy department, so you will need to be able to multi task and think on your feet.

The post-holder will support the provision of an efficient and comprehensive secretarial support service to the Consultants.

Main duties of the job

This role is essential to the department and very demanding, applicants will need to be self-motivated, use own initiative and posses Medical Secretarial experience.

You must enjoy working within a busy environment and have the ability to relate to patients and work well within a team. You will have excellent organisational and communication skills and have a positive attitude.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence – are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

  • GCSE in English and Maths
  • RSA Stage 3 Typing/Word Processing or equivalent
  • Secretarial Qualification or equivalent

Experience

  • Previous Secretarial Experience
  • Diary Management
  • Previous experience dealing with the public

Other factors

  • Medical Terminology

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

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Posted: July 6th, 2026