Medical Support Secretary - MVCC Oncology Admin

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Medical Support Secretary - MVCC Oncology Admin The closing date is 29 October 2026 Apply for this job Job summary We are recruiting for a Medical Support Secretary - Cancer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. The successful candidate will provide and support the medical secretaries and their Consultants with efficient and effective ranges of secretarial and administrative duties within the Cancer Services Directorate. To manage constantly changing priorities and deadlines, handle enquiries from staff, patients and relatives. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. Main duties of the job To manage constantly changing priorities and deadlines. To handle enquiries from staff, patients and relatives via email, telephone, and face to face communication. To provide administrative and secretarial support to the secretaries and their clinical teams and support in delivering a high standard service for all patients. Responsible for making patients' appointments and for informing the patients of arrangements made. To Liaise with GPs, other hospitals, clinics, and other external agencies. Ensuring all treatment forms and referrals are processed in an efficient and prompt manner, ensuring all scans, results and histology are collated. Liaise with Outpatients, Medical secretaries, Chemotherapy booking team, Radiotherapy booking teams to ensure patient pathways are followed with minimal delays. About us At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals: The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen. Details Date posted 15 October 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 3 Salary £25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum, plus 15% High Cost Area Supplement Contract Fixed term Duration 10 months Working pattern Full-time Reference number 361-CAN-8329844 Job locations Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Rickmansworth Road Northwood HA6 2RN United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack