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Salary for this role£34,186 – £37,389 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

NHS roles fall under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Individual eligibility depends on personal circumstances. These figures are public reference information, not advice or a verdict on this job.

Role description

Job summary

Medical Secretary

The successful candidate will provide comprehensive confidential secretarial and administrative support to the Forensic Service / wider Multi-disciplinary team, ensuring efficient and smooth running of the service.

To be responsible for developing reception and administration systems for the service and providing day to day administrative support to the service, within the context of a paper light office. The post requires the ability to work on own initiative and to liaise effectively with a broad range of professions and service users and to maintain client confidentiality.

The post holder will be required to work in a busy and demanding environment and should be flexible and adaptable whilst having the ability to prioritise work and use their initiative in order to make sound judgements.

To work alongside and to cover, when appropriate, other administration staff across several locations at times.

IMPORTANT. In order to be shortlisted your supporting statement MUST provide "Three reasons to shortlist you". Please include systems you have created, examples of problem solving or other relevant experience.

Shortlisted candidates will be expected to conduct a 5-minute presentation on Top three skills of a Medical Secretary using MS PowerPoint.

Main duties of the job

1, To provide a comprehensive administrative service to the multidisciplinary teams, including processing all referrals, reports, correspondence, documentation, and related filing, and photocopying and scanning.2. To ensure that all incoming post is date-stamped, scanned and distributed to the appropriate persons and that out-going mail is sorted according to internal, external departments and relevant agencies.3. To type correspondence when required.4. To maintain office filing systems and ensure information relating to service users is accessible to relevant staff, ensuring confidentiality at all times.5. To maintain a standard filing system ensuring that the filing of patient notes, correspondence, questionnaires etc are kept up to date in line with record keeping policies6. To book interpreters and translators for clients' appointments and monitor confirmation of bookings and action as appropriate

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Date posted

23 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£34,186 to £37,389 a year per annum incl HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-FOR8340983

Job locations

Wolfson House

311-315 Green Lanes

London

N4 2ES

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

RSA III or equivalent
Good standard of general education
Good standard of numeracy & literacy
Good standard of numeracy & literacy

Desirable

AMSAR, or equivalent ECDL qualification or equivalent
English and Arithmetic GCSE Grade C

Experience

Essential

Substantive medical secretary or administrator
Team work
Experience of working in the NHS

Desirable

Experience of working with people suffering from mental ill health
Working in a Multidisciplinary Team

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Office management skills . Computer Literate in MS Office applications
Audio typing (50+ WPM)
Touch Typing
Knowledge of EPR systems
Verbal communication skills - ability to deal with people in person and on the telephone
Able to work under pressure and prioritise and adapt to changing circumstances
Able to work as part of a team
Ability to work without supervision
Self-motivated
Knowledge of RiO

Desirable

Knowledge of Mental health terminology

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.