About the Organisation
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services. We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire.
NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (providing hospital‑based services over three main sites), Corporate, Property and Support Services, and North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The Role
The Medical Secretary will provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Lanarkshire Weight Management Service, with particular focus on the Anti‑Obesity Medication and Specialist Weight Management expansion. The overarching aim is to improve health and reduce health inequalities.
Providing assistance to the team, developing processes, disseminating information, monitoring accuracy and implementing remedial systems, and where appropriate, supporting clerical, non‑clinical and clinical staff.
Full details are available in the Attach Job Description and Person Specification. The post is fixed term; if temporary funding is used and a current NHS Lanarkshire employee applies, a secondment agreement with their line manager is required.
In This Key Role, You Will
- Provide a high‑quality secretarial and administrative service for the Consultant/Associate Specialist, Nurse Specialist Teams, and PAM Practitioner to ensure efficiency in patient care.
- Responsible for audiotyping (touch‑typing, shorthand typing) of clinical correspondence, ensuring these are typed within agreed timescales.
- Maintain a pending system for all results and ensure these are seen by the appropriate consultants.
- Deal with telephone and face‑to‑face inquiries from all staff groups, patients, relatives and carers, providing information, directing and prioritising queries appropriately to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.
What You’ll Bring
- HNC/SVQ iii in Secretarial Studies/Business Administration or equivalent experience.
- Understanding of a range of work procedures, including some non‑routine procedures requiring an intermediate level of theoretical knowledge.
- Knowledge of the range of secretarial procedures, including advanced keyboard skills.
- Proficiency in the use of software systems.
What We Offer
- Annual Leave – 35 days including public holidays.
- Generous NHS pension scheme.
- Annual incremental salary progression.
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service.
- Benefits such as NHS discounts and more.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent – regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can differentiate people.
- Care‑experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
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