Audio Typist​/Admin Support

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Main area Gastroenterology Grade NHS AfC:
Band 2 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (5x new posts) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Core Hours, Monday
- Friday, Between 08:00 - 17:00) Job
-SWC
120-26

Site Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Town Blackpool Salary £25,272 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.

We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and proficient medical audio typist to support our busy and dynamic teams within the division of Surgical, Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Theatres.

You will support the Medical Secretaries to help provide a high quality service to our patients.

Please be aware that this post may close early due to popularity. There is no sponsorship for this post.

You will have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, medical terminology and audio typing skills. You will possess good communication skills, be able to organise and prioritise your workload and must be able to work using your own initiative.

You will have a flexible and professional approach with a commitment to personal and professional development and team working.

PLEASE NOTE:
If a high number of applications are received the post may close earlier than advertised.

Main duties may include filing results, retrieving/distributing case note files from all areas of the Trust, tracing hospital records using the hospital information system, typing correspondence using Microsoft Word in addition to providing audio typing duties to support all medical secretaries within a department who support the Consultants’ workload when needed, collecting post and any other duties specified by the admin manager and team leader.

The post holder will work under the direction of senior staff to deliver administrative support within a…