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Job summary

Main area
Respiratory Medicine
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Fixed term: 9 months (End date 19/04/2026)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-MIC-1738
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hammersmith Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£30,546 - £32,207 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Respiratory Team Administrator

Band 3

 Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.  

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.  

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

 

 

Job overview

A vacancy has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic and reliable individual to join the Respiratory Physiology team in the role of Team Clinical Administrator (band 3). This is a hybrid role, working between the administrative and clinical arms of the service in the specialist Sleep Centre at Charing Cross Hospital.  You will join a multidisciplinary team including consultants, clinical scientists, physiologists and administrators.

You will play a key role in providing a comprehensive and good quality administrative service, working closely with the respiratory medicine operational team to book patient sleep studies, and liaising with and supporting the sleep receptionist delivering day-to-day services.  Clinically, you will support the smooth running of the CPAP clinics, assist the clinical team with routine patient queries, interact with walk-in patients, post replacement parts and issue sleep study equipment to patients.

This is a specialist role and although direct experience is not required as full training will be given, some experience with patients would be an advantage. Excellent customer service skills, empathy and the ability to work under pressure are essential.

Main duties of the job

  • Manage all correspondence, typing reports, agendas, minutes of meetings for the designated team.
  • Arranges meetings for the team as necessary, managing room bookings and materials required.
  • Receive post and deal with routine correspondence and undertake follow-up action as directed by the unit manager or team leader.
  • Assist in ad hoc project work.
  • Use initiative and work without direct supervision, as well as to use relevant information technology to facilitate the performance of tasks.
  • Participate in annual appraisals and performance reviews. Identify personal development needs.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. .

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. 

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to GCSE level, with at least 5 at grade C or above
  • NVQ level 3 in relevant subject, or equivalent qualification/experience
Desirable criteria
  • RTT and medical terminologies exposure

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to meet deadlines
  • Strong organisational skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
  • Flexibility
  • Able to demonstrate an understanding of issues relating to confidentiality
  • Clear written and verbal communication.
  • Professional telephone manner
  • Good interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
  • 18 week RTT and Cerner training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Administrative experience
  • Filing techniques
  • Basic IT literacy
  • Experience of working to tight deadlines
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience working in a similar role
  • Previous experience in the use of a Patient Administration System or other relevant healthcare information systems
  • Experience in the use of all programmes within the Microsoft Office suite

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

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
Helen Crawford
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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