Senior Medical Secretary: Sponsorship Available

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Job summary

This post is fixed term/secondment until 29/10/27 due 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.

The post holder is a senior member of the medical secretary team providing an expert administration service to the clinical specialty and its associated work streams.

The post holder will support the consultants, junior medical staff and other health professionals with the creation of best practice and processes, supporting diary management, co-ordination of workload and of appointments and admission related information for patients and carers.

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive, high quality medical secretarial and administrative service to the consultant their medical team and specialist nursing teams, and other health professionals.

To co-ordinate and maintain arrangements to facilitate the patients progression along a defined pathway. To maintain the office organisation and monitor the workload related to the administration team.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Business administration L4 or equivalent experience
  • City & Guilds (AMSPAR) Level 3 Diploma in Medical administration or equivalent medical secretary experience
  • RSA /OCR level 3 or equivalent experience or qualification in typing
  • ECDL or equivalent experience.

Desirable

  • Management qualification or working towards
  • NVQ 3 Customer Service
  • ILM Level 2 (or working towards) relevant equivalent qualification.

Experience

Essential

  • Comprehensive administration experience at high level
  • Abillity to work unsupervised and make decisions
  • Ability to work under pressure

Desirable

  • Previous NHS Experience

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Advanced typing skills
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Will prioritise own workload
  • Minute taking experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft office applications.
  • Evidence of Continual Personal Development

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Referral To Treatment process (RTT).

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: 15 November 2026

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