Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- 8 months (Fixed term or secondment position until 31st December 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR2457-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Primary Care Centre
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Medical Secretary - Dermatology
NHS AfC: Band 3
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of the busy Dermatology department based at Colchester Hospital. You will be working closely with the Medical Teams, Nursing Team, Outpatients Department, and other hospitals.
This is a key role within the Department. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic team player to integrate with the current team and provide an efficient and effective secretarial service and to cover theatre bookings.
You will support the provision of an efficient and comprehensive secretarial support service to the Consultants and medical staff.
Please note, this is a fixed term or secondment position until 31st December 2025. Internal candidates will be offered a secondment position only.
Main duties of the job
To maintain a high standard of secretarial service to meet the needs of the clinical team within the Dermatology Department, ensuring that accurate and up to date typing of clinic letters and correspondence is achieved through digital dictation / audio.
You will be required to deal with queries from patients, GPs and other medical teams regarding patient care.
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.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
- NVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
- Good keyboard skills
- Knowledge of all Trust/NHS targets
Desirable criteria
- Medical terminology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience in clerical / secretarial background
- Microsoft Office applications including Word, Powerpoint, Excel and IT skills
- Work involving contact with members of the public.
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gurpreet Kaur
- Job title
- Operational Coordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
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