Job summary
- Main area
- Histopathology
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-NM154
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £28,860 - £31,671 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Secretary
Band 4
Job overview
The Histology Department of Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services, based at Frimley Park Hospital, is seeking a motivated, well-organised, and methodical individual to join our dedicated administration team. This role will provide essential secretarial and administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the department and delivery of a high-quality service.
You will play a key part in supporting the team to meet national histology turnaround times, using your strong organisational skills to manage competing priorities effectively. The successful candidate will be flexible, proactive, and confident in using their initiative to maintain efficiency within a busy and fast-paced environment.
Main duties of the job
Your main duties will involve audio typing of histology reports, dealing with a variety of administration tasks, and assisting the Consultant Histopathologists.
Experience of Medical terminology, especially pathological terminology, will be an advantage but full training will be given to the successful candidate.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Responsible for the production of histology reports by audio typing to meet departmental and national turnaround times.
- Manage own workload, demonstrate efficient organisation and oversee the smooth effective operation of the office.
- To work autonomously within a team; providing full organisational support to the consultant’s and their team.
- To ensure procedures and working practices are in place so that the specialty
- Trust can deliver a service that meets the standards and targets that have been set.
- To provide a considerate, patient focused service in all dealings with staff around the hospital and throughout the whole system.
- The department provides a service for Surrey Pathology Services across all sites.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad knowledge of medical terminology, acquired through previous job experience
- Experience of working in a large, complex organisation and a multi-disciplinary environment
- Experience of using patient administration systems
- Experience of mentoring, training or supervising others
- Working knowledge of a range of software packages e.g. MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and other locally used databases e.g. Pathology Laboratory information system (WinPath) or similar
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Be able to prioritise own work effectively
- Ability to problem solve
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good general standard of education to GCSE level or equivalent including English
- RSA II or equivalent in word processing/audio typing
Desirable criteria
- RSA III, Medical secretarial qualification (BSMS certificate) or equivalent
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tareq Ansari
- Job title
- Deputy Lead Biomedical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483 571122
- Additional information
If after viewing the job description you have any questions or would like further information, please contact Tareq Ansari: [email protected]
Tel; 01483 57 11 22 ext 2602
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