Medical Secretary/PA | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M20 4BX |
| Company: | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7488246/413-98334-CSSS-SD |
Summary
We are seeking an experienced, efficient, and self- motivated surgical medical secretary to join our team within Clinical Support and Specialist Surgery.
The PA/Medical Secretary will play a pivotal role in ensuring a smooth transition of administrative work to support the clinical team and patients. The post holder will have a good general knowledge of the specialty.
Provide a full PA service for consultant(s) teams, to ensure new referrals are triaged in a timely manner, that appointments are made within agreed timescales to meet targets and that information is readily available to support the patient pathway.
Delegate duties to appropriate team members to ensure workflow is maintained.
Liaise with MDT Co-coordinators to ensure patients are reviewed in a timely manner to meet clinical needs.
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:
• Provide a full PA service for consultant(s) teams, to ensure new referrals are triaged in a timely manner, that appointments are made within agreed timescales to meet targets and that information is readily available to support the patient pathway.
• Delegate duties to appropriate team members to ensure workflow is maintained.
• Liaise with MDT Co-coordinators to ensure patients are reviewed in a timely manner to meet clinical needs. Ensure all relevant information is available for multi-disciplinary meetings for your team. Co-ordinate case notes and reports where necessary.
• Ensure investigations are managed in accordance with the results
acknowledgement procedure ensuring close liaison with medical staff to ensure clinical results are reviewed and actioned.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025
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