ENT Typist and Secretarial SupportinNewportinNewportPUBLISHED THU 3 APR 2025

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

The Ear, Nose and Throat service is currently looking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated person to join our team to support the consultant team in the delivery of key services and clinicians within the Surgery Division.

The post holder will provide a comprehensive secretarial support service to consultant and junior medical staff within the service. This will include organising, planning and prioritising tasks and workload.

As a service, it is vitally important in that we provide a high quality service to patients, therefore if you are interested in joining a highly motivated team - it would be great to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Post holder must be flexible in job role to carry out duties as defined by the Departmental Manager to meet needs of the service. Post holder will be based at Royal Gwent Hospital but typing for clinics held at other sites including YYF and NHH. Post holder will be required to travel to Nevill Hall Hospital to cover workload when secretary is on annual leave or any other absence.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Other

Essential criteria

• Flexible approach to work
• Ability to use own initiative and organise workload
• Ability to travel across site
• Ability to work under pressure
• Time management skills
• Attention to detail
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in an administration/secretarial post
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working as a Float Medical Secretary
  
  

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of secretarial procedures and systems, some of which are non-routine, and non-routine activities such as answering queries, progress chasing, task related problem solving, acquired through experience and training to Vocational Level 3 or equivalent demonstrable experience
• RSA 11 Typing or equivalent
• Excellent Word processing/ keyboarding skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Studying toward Medical Secretarial qualification
• Ability to speak and read basic level Welsh language
  
  

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of medical terminology and audio transcription
• Ability to communicate well with all levels of staff and members of the public
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Ability to learn specialty terminology
• Knowledge of Health Board procedures