Colposcopy SecretaryNHS
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Colposcopy Administration Team at Peterborough City Hospital on a fixed-term basis to provide maternity leave cover.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the smooth running of the Colposcopy Service by providing comprehensive administrative support to the Consultant Colposcopists and Nurse Colposcopists. Working as part of a dedicated team, you will be responsible for coordinating patient pathways, managing appointments, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring effective communication between patients and clinical staff.
This role requires excellent organisational and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work efficiently in a busy healthcare environment while delivering a high standard of patient-focused service.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing administrative support to the Colposcopy clinical team.
- Managing patient appointments, correspondence, and clinic schedules.
- Maintaining accurate patient records and data systems.
- Communicating effectively with patients, clinicians, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Supporting the delivery of a high-quality, efficient, and compassionate service.
Job description
The post holder will be responsible for managing and coordinating the Colposcopy patient pathway, ensuring patients progress through referral, diagnosis, treatment and discharge within national waiting time targets. This includes tracking patients, managing appointments, maintaining failsafe systems, communicating results, responding to patient and GP enquiries, and proactively identifying and resolving pathway delays.
The role also provides administrative support to the Colposcopy Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), including attending meetings, preparing patient lists, ensuring clinical information is available, recording outcomes, and maintaining MDT trackers to support timely clinical decision-making.
In addition, the post holder will be responsible for accurate data collection, analysis and reporting. This includes maintaining local and national databases.
About us
Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.