Support Secretary
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston, North West
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust based in Preston. The advertised salary is £25,760 to £27,476. Applications close on 28 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
We are delighted to offer 1.89wte posts top support our specialist nurse teams in renal. The posts can be full time or slightly less than full-time.Th...
Communication and general secretarial duties (electronic calendar management), co-ordination of meetings. Managing and co-ordinating correspondence and sending appointments. Managing and updating patient database information. Collation of papers for clinics. Filing of reports (electronically). Using renal computer (Vital Pulse). Accessing and updating the EPR system with patient level details.
Provision of comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to our renal specialist nurses.
Competencies in a full range of IT including Outlook and Excel.
Managing external and internal telephone queries.
Coordinating incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Managing electronic diaries for specialist nurses.
Co-ordinating meetings.
Filing and booking system support.
Collation of papers for SPN duties.
Arranging clinic appointments.
Updating the Trust Electronic Patient records.
A full JD & Spec are available
You would join an excellent, friendly and compassionate large Renal service that covers 1.6 million people, looking after over 1400 dialysis and transplant patients across a large geographical area including 4 trusts and 6 satellite renal centres in addition to our main hub unit at Royal Preston Hospital. Our specialist nurses work across Lancashire and South Cumbria providing support for advanced kidney care, anaemia, vascular, transplant and bone adequacy.
Essential: - Efficient in the use of Microsoft Word for Windows; - Experience of Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and internet; - Previous secretarial experience; - Understanding of the role specifically in relation to sensitive information
Desirable: - Knowledge of medical terminology; - Previous administration experience in an NHS environment; - Previous audio typing experience
Essential: - Good general education to GCSE standard or equivalent; - Secretarial qualification (RSA or equivalent experience); - ECDL or equivalent experience
Desirable: - RSA 1 & RSA 2 typing qualification; - Audio typing experience
How this role compares
We hold 1,185 NHS vacancies in North West that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,073. This role pays less than about 87% of them.
There are 13,012 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,583 of them in North West.
You have 7 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 46 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has 35 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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