Job summary
- Main area
- Admin
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months)
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday - full time 37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 229-SUR-8355057
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hereford County Hospital
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £25,760 - £27,476 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Med Sec - Ophthalmology
Band 3
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Job overview
Do you enjoy a challenge and like working in a busy environment? We are looking a full-time Assistant Medical Secretary (37.5 hours per week) to work with our Ophthalmology Admin team.
This is a very busy department and the post holder must have the ability to work under pressure. Previous experience in Healthcare in Admin is desirable but not essential. The post holder will be expected to have good communication skills and be able to liaise effectively and efficiently with colleagues, professionals and patients.
Main duties of the job
This is an excellent opportunity to start out your career within Administration in the NHS – We are offering a supportive and progressive role, with high job satisfaction.
The role will offer the individual a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, dealing with a large multidisciplinary team on a daily basis. The individual will be engaging with different departments and colleagues throughout the hospital, both Clerical and Clinical.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Audio Typing skills
- GCSEs in English and Mathematics or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- RSA Stage 2/3 or equivalent Medical Word processing skills
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
- Ability to provide cover for consultant secretaries
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage workload without supervision
- Ability to meet tight time schedules and deadlines
- Previous experience dealing with the public
- Previous secretarial experience or equivalent
- Working Under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS/Healthcare experience
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- Ability to work on own initiative without close supervision
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- Professional approach to work and colleagues
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Melanie Pugh
- Job title
- Administration Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432 262019
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