Emergency Department Support Secretary | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,760 - £27,476 Band 3 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2026 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY38NR |
| Company: | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8017558/382-MEC15-26 |
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, well-motivated person to provide administration and secretarial support within the Emergency Department. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential, as is the ability to work within a team and use your own initiative.
The successful applicant should be computer literate with an understanding of Word, Excel, Outlook, HISS and Nexus as well as have the ability to undertake clinical transcription from digital dictation. The successful applicant would be expected to provide cover for other support staff, this will include answering telephone calls, consultant/doctors admin, emails, post, retrieval of case notes, and filing of clinical correspondence.
A flexible, friendly approach is essential to this role.
When applying for this position, it is essential that you read the job description and person specification. Please use the supporting information space to demonstrate your ability to undertake this role, drawing on your skills, knowledge and experience.
If a high number of applications are received the post may close earlier than advertised.
The role of the support secretary is to provide a comprehensive secretarial service to the Consultants and their clinical team. The role comprises a wide range of specific duties and requires competence in clinical audio-typing, data processing, information technology, communication and organisational skills. An essential part of the role is the ability to manage and prioritise own workload without direct supervision.
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, or BVH, as it is known locally, is a medium sized NHS District General Hospital (DGH).
The hospital comprises the major element of secondary health care within the wider combined acute and community trust that is the "Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust".
The "Victoria" site of the hospital has around 900 beds which provide care for Acute Medicine in its wider terms and DGH Surgical specialties, including among others, General Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Urology and Gynaecology. There is a Women and Children's Unit including both Consultant lead and Midwife lead maternity care.
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There is a busy Emergency Unit, closely linked to the Acute Medical Unit and the Intensive Care Unit. Surgical urgent admissions are managed through a Surgical Assessment Unit.
Please see the Job Description for more details.
The Support Secretary will provide administrative and secretarial services to consultants and their clinical teams within the Directorate of Emergency Access and Assessment (EAA)
The post holder will be required to work with other secretaries and provide cross cover during periods of staff absence.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jun 2026
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