Senior Medical Secretary Haematology/Oncology Job at Harrogate and District NHS

Senior Medical Secretary Haematology/Oncology

The closing date is 29 September 2025

Previous applicants who have applied for this role in the last 6 months need not apply

Are you a highly motivated, dynamic, and organised Medical Secretary looking for a new opportunity? We are seeking a team leader for our haematology / oncology secretarial team.

The haematology / oncology secretarial team is a small friendly team providing secretarial support to a team of Consultants, Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist teams and the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre as a whole.

As the team leader, you will provide day to day supervision and coordination of the team, ensuring high standards are consistently achieved. A desire to improve services and develop both yourself and the team is essential.

As a Medical Secretary, you will provide comprehensive, confidential secretarial and administrative support in our busy department, you will be a great team player, excellent interpersonal skills, and will be able to work under pressure to set deadlines. As such you must already be an experienced Medical Secretary.

The secretarial team is a critical part of cancer services as a whole and plays a large part in ensuring that patients receive high quality and timely care.

We welcome any enquiries or informal visits to come and meet the team.

Main duties of the job

• Providing secretarial/administration service to the Consultants and medical teams.
• Leading the team using initiative, experience and leadership skills.
• Accurately co-ordinating medical information to expedite the continuing care of patients.
• Taking responsibility for the successful organisation of the Secretarial/PA workload using time management, planning and organising skills.
• Use initiative and maintain a high level of confidentiality and diplomacy at all times without immediate access to line supervision.

About us

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description, contact Trudy Phillips for more information at trudy.phillips@nhs.net

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs or equivalent including English at Grade C or above
• RSA III Typewriting, word processing or equivalent
• Knowledge of a range of software programmes, understanding of medical terminology
• Association of Medical Secretaries Diploma, or equivalent

Experience

• Recent significant previous hospital, healthcare or NHS experience in a medical secretary role (1 year or more)
• Excellent word-processing, audio and touch typing skills
• Experience working in a team
• Able to/previous experience of leading a team
• Experience of working in a variety of different medical secretary roles

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata