Support Secretary | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M20 4BX |
| Company: | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7368629/413-97136-CNS-SD |
Summary
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an enthusiastic Support Secretary to provide comprehensive support in the Medical Oncology Upper GI department. You will be joining a friendly team of Medical Secretaries and as such will be a flexible team player.
Experience and knowledge of medical audio transcription and medical terminology would be advantageous. The role will include all aspects of secretarial duties and the ability to plan and prioritise a varied workload is essential. Organisation, communication and team working skills are key, as you will be working in a busy, demanding and rewarding environment. We actively support and develop our staff to ensure patients receive the best quality care.
This is a Part time Permanent Position working 30 hours per week Monday to Friday, with the option of hybrid working. The Trust are committed to supporting flexible working agreements.
When applying for this position, please refer to the person specification and demonstrate within your application form, how you meet the criteria, providing examples where possible.
To provide administration and secretarial support to the team in the Department of Oncology within the Networked Services Division. To ensure a high standard of secretarial duties are maintained and deadlines are met in this busy department. To maintain a high standard of service to meet patient needs, keeping accurate up-to-date patient records and the typing of clinic annotations/letters and discharge summaries.
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Typing of clinical correspondence, treatment summaries and annotations, ensuring compliance with turnaround time / targets with the use of the digital dictation system
• Ensure accurate input of patient details when entering data on to information databases and patient administration system
• Scanning of correspondence and test results into patient electronic case notes.
• Appropriately disseminate a variety of correspondence/documentation, some of which is highly confidential.
• Deal professionally with phone calls from relatives/patients, which could be emotional and of a sensitive nature.
• Provide data to the Information Department as required.
• Liaise with internal and external departments to arrange clinical investigations /procedures.
• Liaise with staff at all levels both internally and externally.
• Contribute to the training of new members of staff within a given area as required.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Follow risk management procedures at all times including the identification, assessment and management of risk within the division.
• To abide by all Trust policies and Procedures.
• To be responsible for own professional /personal development, including participating in ongoing appraisal and personal development planning.
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive but reflects the main responsibilities of the post holder. Other duties may be required from time to time, which are commensurate with the grade of the post. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Aug 2025
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