Job Overview
Join Our Team as a Support Typist – Trauma & Orthopaedics, RUH Bath
Are you an organised, detail-oriented individual with a passion for supporting clinical care behind the scenes? We’re looking for a
Support Typist to join our friendly and dedicated Trauma & Orthopaedics secretarial team at the
Royal United Hospital, Bath.
In this vital role, you’ll play a key part in helping us stay on top of our clinic correspondence—ensuring timely, accurate typing and editing of letters from consultants, specialist nurses, and registrars. Your work will directly support the smooth running of patient care and communication across the department.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Typing and editing clinical letters and documentation with precision and efficiency.
- Supporting the wider nursing, clinical, and secretarial teams with administrative tasks.
- Helping us maintain high standards of communication and documentation across the department.
Why join us?
- Be part of a supportive, collaborative team in a busy and rewarding hospital environment.
- Enjoy flexibility, including the option to work from home.
- Make a real difference in the patient journey by ensuring clear, timely communication.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual, with excellent communication skills and a positive attitude. They will be flexible and used to working in a pressurised environment towards tight deadlines. They will need to be proficient in Microsoft Word and will utilise the RUH computer systems to manage patient information
The role requires you to have a current right to work in the UK, which enables you to undertake the role without need of sponsorship. Under current UK immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship and it is not possible for the Trust to sponsor applicants for a visa for this role.
Accordingly, we regret that any application will not be considered if this requirement is not met.
Working for our organisation
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications And Training
Essential criteria
- Word Processing/Audio-Typing qualifications or RSA level II or equivalent
- Good standard of English
- Good standard of general education
Desirable criteria
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of office and administrative procedures
- Ability to learn medical terminology (following a period of learning on the job if necessary) and use effectively as part of the role
Desirable criteria
- Working in an NHS environment
- Medical terminology
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
- Job Description & Person Spec - Support Secretary (PDF, 399.7KB)
- Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Alison Coles Job title Deputy Specialty Manager Email address
[email protected] 
