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Job summary

Main area
Rheumatology
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08.30 - 16.30 Mon -Friday)
Job ref
251-MED8716LTC
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Basingstoke
Town
Basingstoke
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialty Administrator

Band 3

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

 

Job overview

Providing a competent administrative service and will be required to have a robust knowledge administration processes. The post holder will need to ensure the efficient delivery of the administration tasks to the clinical team

The post holder will also be required to support the specialty Coordinator and wider clerical team within the service and deputise for the Speciality Coordinator as and when required.

Main duties of the job

By joining our team you will contribute to the provision of an effective administration service, your main role being to provide comprehensive organisational and secretarial support to the consultants and team as well as communicating with external healthcare services. This will include typing of clinical and general correspondence and dealing with telephone enquiries.  Updating systems, booking appointments, monitoring waiting lists and utilisation of clinics.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of general education - English language of GCSE or Equivalent
  • Audio typing at RSA III, equivalent or experience
  • Recognised compute literacy course or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • PA/secretarial qualification or experience
  • NHS Internal systems

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Previous secretarial experience
  • IT Systems (Word, Excel etc)
  • Experience working in a busy team
Desirable criteria
  • Previous NHS experience
  • Medical Terminology
  • Internal systems

SKills & Ability

Essential criteria
  • Good verbal and written communication
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines and take on new processes

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Flexible and adaptability to changing situations
  • Self-motivated
  • Well organised

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Karen Webb
Job title
Administration Lead - Specialty Medicine
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01256 313947
Additional information

Alexandra Faulkner

[email protected]

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Address
Medicine Division
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