Medical Secretary Integrated Medicine: Sponsorship Available

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Job summary

Are you an organised, compassionate, and detail-oriented individual looking to support a dynamic clinical team? We are seeking a Medical Secretary to join our Integrated Medicine Team, providing essential administrative support to ensure the smooth running of patient care services.

This post is a fixed term/secondment for 12 months to meet the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

Main duties of the job

The principle accountabilities of this post are:

Plan own day to day tasks and duties

Undertake routine typing and audio typing of clinical correspondence

Prioritise results, organise clinical activity and patient admissions

Liaise with patients, GP’s and other Health Boards/Trusts to arrange ongoing treatment and care.

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. Whilst the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means being able to use Welsh in routine workplace situations, such as greeting customers, answering calls, responding to routine enquiries, providing information, arranging appointments and taking messages. Have a look at our ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below for more information. If you have these Welsh language skills, please apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Knowledge

Essential

  • RSA/OCR Level III or equivalent level of knowledge, skills and experience
  • Good standard of education
  • Comprehensive knowledge of medical/surgical terminology

Desirable

  • ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) or similar qualification
  • Knowledge of University Health Board procedures
  • Medical Secretary qualification e.g. AMSPAR

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience in a secretarial role
  • Experience of working in a busy environment
  • Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
  • Knowledge of the Welsh PAS (Myrddin) system

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a hospital environment
  • Experience of supervising staff

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent keyboard and audio typing skills
  • Excellent communication and telephone skills
  • Able to deal with patients and relatives in a sympathetic manner
  • Ability to deal with staff at all levels
  • Confidentiality and diplomacy
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills

Desirable

  • Setting up office systems
  • Ability to take shorthand
  • Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Leve 3 and above

Values

Essential

  • Motivated, enthusiastic, and must be a team player but with the ability to work on own initiative

Other

Essential

  • Reliable and flexible to meet service needs

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 26 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.