Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative and clerical
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Within 0800 - 1630 Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 427-7496454
- Employer
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal United Hospitals Bath
- Town
- Bath
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Children`s Therapies Secretary
Band 3
Job overview
The Children`s Therapies Department is seeking administrative and clerical support for our friendly team of Children`s Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapists . The post is based within the department. The post is not direct patient facing but the successful applicant will have excellent communication skills to deal with phone calls alongside carrying out a variety of administrative duties. They will need to be able to accurately touch type, input data, use excel spread sheets and set appointments up on the hospital Electronic Patient Records system, working efficiently alongside our existing secretarial support.
Main duties of the job
- Provide a complete medical administrative service which may include, patient correspondence, copy and audio typing, editing and formatting letters, information resources, referral to treatment (RTT) data entry and any other appropriate documents as required.
- Liaising with Therapists and other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide a quality service for the patients.
- Working as part of a team sharing responsibility for the smooth running of the administrative service.
- To provide a first point of contact, including answering all telephone enquiries from internal and external callers, taking and relaying messages in a polite and helpful manner, and using own judgement to establish the priority of issues and taking action as appropriate. Disseminate key information in line with Information Governance and other relevant Trust policies.
Working for our organisation
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details about the responsibilities for this post.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Post-GCSE qualification
Desirable criteria
- Typing qualification or experience
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience and knowledge of office and administrative processes
- Able to learn medical terminology and use this effectively as an integral part of the role.
Desirable criteria
- Experience within the NHS or similar health care setting
Values
Essential criteria
- Helps and co-operates with colleagues
- Pro-active and takes responsibility
Specific skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication both written and verbal
- Computer literate in Microsoft Office applications
- Excellent touch-typing skills
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively
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
- Emily Graham
- Job title
- Head of Children`s Therapies
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01225 824220
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