Colposcopy Secretary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Poole · posted 8 October 2026
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Closes in 7 days
Salary
£28,392 – £31,157 a year
Job type
fixed term
Location
Poole, England
Category
Administration

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Job summary

Join Our Dedicated Team as a Medical Secretary - Colposcopy Service

Are you looking for a rewarding and dynamic role where you can make a real impact on patient care? We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Medical Secretary to provide top-tier secretarial and administrative support to our Colposcopy Service and Consultants. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a vital healthcare team, ensuring the smooth running of our services and helping patients navigate their care with confidence.

Interview: 23rd October

Main duties of the job

  • Efficiently manage the electronic appointment diary and coordinate all scheduling for consultations.
  • Provide comprehensive secretarial support, including word processing, filing, audio-typing, photocopying, and composing sensitive letters.
  • Handle complex and varied queries from patients, clinicians, and external parties, offering excellent customer service.
  • Be a key point of contact for patients, answering inquiries in person, via email, and over the phone.
  • Communicate difficult, sensitive, and confidential information with professionalism and tact, especially when speaking with anxious or distressed patients and their families.
  • Work closely with Consultants and medical staff, ensuring they have the information and responses they need for patient care and ongoing treatment

About us

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not bereimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women's, DEN, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process

For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust's Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the role requirements.

Interview date to be advised

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Maths and English
  • Audio typing skills

Desirable

  • Knowledge of hospital systems EPR, e- Camis, Soliton
Experience

Essential

  • Significant administrative/secretarial experience
  • Demonstrable experience in dealing with public and dealing with sensitive and confidential information

Desirable

  • Previous NHS experiences desirable
  • Understanding of Colposcopy & National Targets

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