Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 22.5 hours per week (Part time - 22.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 040-AC108-0525
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Gwent Hospital
- Town
- Newport
- Salary
- £24,433 - £26,060 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Audio Typist / Admin Support
Band 3
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01497 745805 option 3.
If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced and organised administrator to recruit as a Audio Typist/Admin Support.
The post will be based within the General Surgery Directorate, and the post holder will be required to perform a range of administration and secretarial duties within the Vascular service.
The successful candidate will have the ability to work well as part of a team, be flexible to the needs of the service and able to demonstrate a commitment to achieving high quality standards of work. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required as you will liaise with professionals and patients.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a comprehensive and high quality secretarial and administrative support within the Vascular service.
The post holder will be expected to liaise in a professional manner with colleagues, patients and parents/guardians and undertake a wide spectrum of administrative and secretarial duties.
The post holder will be expected to manage and prioritise their own workload using experience and initiative. The post holder will work independently to provide secretarial and administrative office function, adhering to ABUHB policies and procedures. The post holder will carry out duties as defined by the Directorate Support Manager and clinical leads to meet the needs of the wider service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within an NHS or healthcare environment.
- Previous secretary or administration experience
- Experience of call handling
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a medical secretary role
- Experience of having sensitive discussions with patients/the public
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of systems - CWS, WPAS, Med Secs
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office systems - Word, Excel, Outlook
- Good Standard of Education
- RSA I and II Typing and audio typing or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Oracle
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amy Gough
- Job title
- Service Improvement Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01633 238598
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