Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed term/secondment until 31.12.2025)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR2452-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Medical PA - Gynaecology
NHS AfC: Band 4
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We are seeking a highly motivated, committed and experienced Medical Personal Assistant to provide high quality administrative services to clinicians in Women's Services based at Colchester Hospital.
You must have relevant qualifications and experience in providing a PA service within an NHS hospital setting. To be successful you will have a flexible and professional approach.
This is fixed term/secondment contract until 31/12/2025.
The post can close earlier if sufficient amount application received.
Main duties of the job
The key aspect of your role involves dealing with the public and professionals hence you must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will work independently providing a full range of secretarial and administrative support and therefore must be highly organised and show the ability to prioritise a busy workload.
Your duties will also include audio typing using the digital dictation system, use of IM&T systems for data entry and dealing with telephone enquiries.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience as a medical secretary or administrator
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Medical Terminology Practices
- GCSE A to C or equivalent in Maths and English
- Audio Typing
- Word processing to RSA III or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Shorthand or Speedwriting
- AMSPAR Diploma or equivalent
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Simpson
- Job title
- Service Manager -Women’s Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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