Job summary
- Main area
- Cellular Pathology
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-STG-713108-7314252-DK
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Georges Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £33,094 - £36,195 pa pro-rata incl inner london HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Secretary - Cellular Pathology
Band 4
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within South West London Pathology based Cellular Pathology at St Georges hospital. We are looking for a highly motivated medical secretary to ensure the provision of comprehensive secretarial and administrative support at a senior level to the Consultant body, Clinical Fellows, Registrars and Advanced Practitioners in the Cellular Pathology Department.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties/Key Results Areas: Focusing, where possible, on outcomes qualitative as well as quantitative.
The following responsibilities are common to all posts in the Trust and should be included at some point in the job description.
- To support the Cellular Pathology medical and non-medical staff in the delivery of a high quality diagnostic service.
- To provide efficient and high quality secretarial and administrative support to the Cellular Pathology consultant team; including all non-medical and junior medical staff.
- To provide administrative/secretarial support for the perinatal service during periods of high activity and cover in the absence of the perinatal secretary.
- To work in close co-operation with staff and other health professionals to ensure a first class service.
Working for our organisation
South West London Pathology is an award winning pathology partnership between four leading Hospital Trusts – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust – designed to provide an integrated, high quality pathology service for hospitals and GPs across South West London, by bringing together the best of each Trust’s service and providing them within a single organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
**Previous applicants need not apply**
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good general education including GSCE in Maths or English and A-levels (or equivalent)
- Typing speed of 40 WPM minimum
- RSA III or equivalent, or equivalent skills and experience
Desirable criteria
- Customer Care course (or equivalent experience)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Secretarial / Administration experience of which at least 2 years should have been spent as a medical secretary
- Experience of working within a hospital
- Experience in establishing/maintaining robust office systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with patients with complex needs
- Experience of working with different professional groups
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Computer/word processing skills including use of email (eg ability to create directories, documents, mail merge, etc.)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use iCLIP and the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) or equivalent
- Ability to use Excel / Powerpoint / Access
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Scott Johnson
- Job title
- Senior Administrator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 5264
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