Wye Valley NHS Trust

Assistant Medical Secretary - Community Paediatrics (INTERNAL)

The closing date is 23 November 2025

Job summary

***INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY***

We are looking for a friendly and motivated person to join the team at the Child Development Centre. The purpose of this job is to provide secretarial support to the Specialty Team in Community Paediatrics by typing letters and reports, dealing with telephone queries and ensuring appropriate diagnostic investigations are arranged.

Main duties of the job

? To type clinic letters, correspondence, reports from digital dictation for the Consultant, Middle Grade and junior medical staff in adherence with standard turnaround times.? To manage own work ensuring all clinic letters are typed in chronological order.? To ensure 3-signed correspondence is checked and dispatched daily.? Forwarding letters/reports by either: - post, fax, telephone or e-mail as required.? To ensure any dictated requests are actioned appropriately and to notify the relevant

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Details

Date posted

07 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

229-SUR-7574787

Job locations

Child Development Centre

Ross Road

Hereford

HR2 7RL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • RSA stage 2/3 or equivalent Medical Typewriting/Word Processing skills
  • GCSE in English and Mathematics or equivalent

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
  • Ability to provide cover to the Medical Secretary
  • Ability to organise, prioritise and manage workload without supervision
  • Ability to meet tight time schedules and deadlines
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Computer skills

Desirable

  • Understanding of Health Records
  • Medical terminology

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a busy office environment
  • Working under pressure

Desirable

  • Previous NHS/healthcare experience
  • Audio-typing
  • Experience working in an administrative role
Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • RSA stage 2/3 or equivalent Medical Typewriting/Word Processing skills
  • GCSE in English and Mathematics or equivalent

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
  • Ability to provide cover to the Medical Secretary
  • Ability to organise, prioritise and manage workload without supervision
  • Ability to meet tight time schedules and deadlines
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Computer skills

Desirable

  • Understanding of Health Records
  • Medical terminology

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a busy office environment
  • Working under pressure

Desirable

  • Previous NHS/healthcare experience
  • Audio-typing
  • Experience working in an administrative role

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Child Development Centre

Ross Road

Hereford

HR2 7RL


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Child Development Centre

Ross Road

Hereford

HR2 7RL


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy General Manager

Lauren Hodges

Lauren.hodges@wvt.nhs.uk

01432262050

Details

Date posted

07 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

229-SUR-7574787

Job locations

Child Development Centre

Ross Road

Hereford

HR2 7RL


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