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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
22.5 hours per week (Must be able to work Monday and Friday)
Job ref
302-25-7236031SS
Employer
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wigan Health Centre/Platt Bridge Health Centre
Town
Wigan
Salary
£24,465 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Administrative Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 2

Choose Well - Choose WWL


 

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised individual to join our clerical team for 22.5 hours on a permanent basis.

The role involves providing administrative and clerical support to the Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapy Service and includes the organisation and monitoring of the office workload. 

Working hours are to be Monday 8-4pm Platt Bridge Health Centre, Thursday 9-5pm Wigan Health Centre, Friday 9-5pm Wigan Health Centre. Non-negotiable.

This vacancy may close earlier than the specified closing date if a high volume of suitable applications are received. 

The role will require you to work across all areas in the Trust which includes those that are designated as positive and asymptomatic and negative COVID wards.

Evidence of qualifications listed on the person specification will be required and interview and during the onboarding process.

Main duties of the job

  • Duties will include manning reception and dealing with telephone enquiries as well as using the SystmOne, Choose and Book, Patient Centre and HIS computer systems to input referrals and manage clinic appointments.
  • To provide administrative and clerical support to the physiotherapy service including hydrotherapy.
  • Data inputting onto the Patient Centre system
  • To participate in the organisation and monitoring of the office workload

Working for our organisation

Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

 

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To provide a confidential, administrative and clerical service to the Physiotherapy Service including hydrotherapy
  • To carry out general reception duties, including checking in patients, answering the telephone,  arranging interpreter services and dealing with routine enquiries etc
  • To be responsible for the registration and referring of patient details, including data collection, inputting and data cleansing on computer systems.
  • To be responsible for gathering and dealing with referrals. 
  • To take delegated responsibility for the allocation of physiotherapy appointments for patients referred to the physiotherapy service.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of 2 years experience in a secretarial or administrative position
  • Experience working in a relevant area

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good general education
  • Basic level qualification in English and Maths
Desirable criteria
  • ECDL qualification or Microsoft/Lotus qualification
  • CPD

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Use of Microsoft Office Suite
  • Good organisational skills
  • Excellent inter-personal skills
  • Ability to use own initiative and work under direction
  • Able to work collaboratively within a team
  • Motivation / drive / enthusiasm
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of using System One
  • Awareness of physiotherapy
  • IT skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of NHS policies and procedures
  • Knowledge of medical terminology

Additional

Essential criteria
  • Able to work flexibly across locations and shift patterns.
  • Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
  • Committed to personal and team development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

National Interim Quality MarkVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kate Toon
Job title
Therapy Lead, MSK Physiotherapy
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 707 1113
Additional information

Katie Lockey 

Therapy Lead

03007071595

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Buckingham Row
Brick Kiln Lane
Wgan
WN1 1XX
Telephone
07786529893
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