This role is to support the Service Manager in the delivery of a range of section services. This will involve delivering against targets in a range of service areas. This will involve ensuring the provision of a high quality medical secretarial service to patients and a group of clinicians and clinical teams within the department. This post could also assume the management of an outpatients department. These day-to-day services will be managed in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints. The post holder will be responsible for the management of a team or teams(s) of staff including service delivery personnel, medical secretaries and other groups of staff. The post holder may also offer a high level of support administration and organisation to a group of consultants or registrars where needed and within resource limitations. This role is accountable to the Service Manager. It is envisaged that there will be no more than one position in each SDU. It is expected that collectively all post holders will coordinate best practice and ensure consistency of operation within generic work areas, such as medical secretary procedures.