Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent: 37.5 hours/week
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9212
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury District Hospital
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Medical Secretary - Cardiology and Cath Lab
Band 3
Job overview
The Medicine Directorate have two exciting opportunities available with the appropriate skills and experience to join our friendly, fast paced and proactive Cardiology Team.
You will have excellent communication skills, being able to display tact and diplomacy where appropriate. You will have a flexible approach to working within the team and respond effectively to enquiries from the general public, service users and other colleagues.
The successful applicants will be enthusiastic, experienced typists and have GCSE English and Maths grade C and above or equivalent as well as audio typing and word processing skills equivalent to RSA level 3.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit medical secretaries for the Cardiology Consultants, Clinical Nurse Specialists and wider team including the Cardiac Suite. You will be responsible for providing an effective and well-organised administrative service and for meeting the changing priorities within the department.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade C or above in English and Maths, or equivalent qualification.
- Clerical/office administration experience preferably within a health care environment.
- Comprehensive IT skills with knowledge of Microsoft packages.
Desirable criteria
- RSA 2 or equivalent touch typing skills.
- Able to demonstrate a flexible approach to working and willingness to support other teams when required.
- Evidence of high level office administration skills.
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
- Anna Long
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722 336262
- Additional information
Anna Long 01722 336262 Ext: 3965
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