Medical Secretary Team Leader
Bristol Hospital | Administration | Permanent contract | Full time
Up to £35,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we’re committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.
We are looking for a confident and experienced Medical Secretary Team Leader to manage a busy secretarial team and support a group of consultants in delivering outstanding patient care. This role combines hands-on secretarial duties with leadership responsibilities, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, high standards of service, and effective coordination across consultant practices.
Manage recruitment, annual leave, sickness absence, and performance reviews.
Conduct objective setting and support development of team members.
Operational Oversight:
Ensure efficient monthly Consultant billing and adherence to hospital policies.
Represent the department in hospital-wide meetings and communicate updates to the team.
Maintain compliance with Health & Safety, Information Governance, and operational procedures.
IT & Systems Management:
Oversee department IT needs including system licences, dictation equipment, and troubleshooting.
Liaise with IT support for ongoing developments and issues.
Person Specification:
Proven experience in administration within a hospital setting.
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities and drive team performance.
Professional, proactive, and solution-focused approach.
Excellent communication and organisational abilities.
Comfortable with IT systems and dictation technology.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Bristol Hospital
Situated in the beautiful village of Clifton, Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield, has a long and distinguished history of looking after the people of Bristol. With the latest equipment, and designed to meet the needs of all of our patients, we are constantly developing our services to ensure our patients receive the finest quality treatment. A 30 private bed hospital which houses 3 digital theatres and combines leading-edge clinical facilities with an outstanding customer experience
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It starts with you.