NS255239 - Part Time Team Secretary / Audio Typist

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Team Secretary / Audio Typist

Band 3 Hours 21 hours per week (part-time Wednesday - Friday)

£29,103 - £31,409 pro rata

Liaison Psychiatry

We have a vacancy for a part-time Team Secretary / Audio Typist within the Liaison Psychiatry Department at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. This is a busy area with a variety of work and a high volume/turnaround of patients. There will also be the opportunity when required to do audio typing within some of our other specialties within Aberdeen Royal Infirmary dependant on workload within Department.

What We Love To See

The ideal candidate should have previous secretarial, Audio Typist, or PA experience with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. The ability to touch type is with experience of audio typing is essential.

Who We Are

The Medical Secretarial Service provides secretarial and administration support to medical, surgical, and clinical teams across the acute sector of NHS Grampian. The team consists of Medical Secretaries, Audio Typists, Administrators, Filing Clerks, Receptionists, Trainers, PAs, and the Management Team.

There are opportunities for expansion and progression within the Medical Secretarial Service, including expanding your knowledge in to various other medical, surgical, and clinical services, or over time developing in to supervisory, training, or management roles.

Diversity and inclusion

We are focused on hiring the very best talent available, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all background and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has a positive recruitment experience regardless of the outcome.

It’s not essential to be in a Medical Secretary role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or considering a move from working in another relevant field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work. If you are unsure if this would be the right role for you please read the job description and apply if you meet all of the essential criteria.

For informal enquiries please contact Wendy Walker, Assistant Secretarial Service Manager, at ***email_hidden***. Please note all applications must be made via the NHS Scotland Recruitment Website, no CVs can be considered.

Interviews to be held on 09 September 2026.

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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

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