Trust Medical Secretary - Palliative Care

The Palliative Medicine Directorate consists of Outpatients within the Colney Centre, Winterton Unit and Priscilla Bacon Lodge. They provide an inpatient service to palliative of end of life patients. The team consists of specialist Doctors and Nurses, providing assessments for palliative in-patients for complex symptom control and psychological support. Outside of these hours there is a telephone advice line for all Healthcare Professionals.

The consultants provide medical outpatient clinic appointments for palliative patients who are well enough to travel and who require assessment and on-going specialist support over a longer period in an outpatient clinic., The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust (NNUH) is one of the largest comprehensive cancer centers in the UK.

NNUH understands the challenges of cancer management and is committed to meeting that challenge head on using the latest technological, innovative and research tools to provide the best possible service for our cancer patients with kindness and warmth.We understand and feel very acutely the needs of our patients and how best to provide for those needs in an intelligent, effective and efficient manner.

We would be delighted to receive applications from candidates who are interested in playing an integral role in providing secretarial support in a very busy but friendly department.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced individual who enjoys patient contact and working in a friendly, multi-disciplinary environment. The post-holder will be expected to deliver a high quality service within a performance managed environment. You will work collaboratively to provide a full secretarial and administrative service at a leading Cancer Centre which prides itself on clinical excellence.

At NNUH, we strive to provide our staff with their individual developmental needs to achieve their career aspiration. If your aim is to be the best secretary or aspire to go further in your career, we will ensure that we support you either way.

Previous experience in a secretarial or administrative role in a medical or clinical setting is required.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours


• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service


• Multi Faith prayer room


• Discounted gym memberships


• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement


• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it


• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site


• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support


• On-site Nursery


• On-site cafes offering staff discounts


• Support in career development


• Flexible staff bank


• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics