Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-WSN7198584
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chatterton House
- Town
- Kings Lynn
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 gross per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Medical Team Administrator
Band 4
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Please note, NSFT uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Job overview
Are you organised, friendly and a team player? Are you looking for a role with supportive, forward-thinking team? Then come and join our medical administration team.
As part of our ongoing investment in clinical services we are strengthening our administration support for our Consultants and their wider medical teams. We are looking for someone who can provide a high quality, effective administration service in our inpatient service.
This role will be varied, busy and exciting and key to supporting our medical teams in delivering on their duties. You can expect a thorough induction and ongoing support to develop your career with NSFT.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for this role. Please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Main duties of the job
As Medial Administrator you will be responsible for providing administration support to named medical colleagues like:
- Diary management; including booking clinics/ appointments and planning meetings
- Drafting correspondence and updating records: typing all letters, memorandums, summaries and reports paying particular attention to accuracy and presentation, completing within given deadlines,
- To provide a confidential and efficient administrative service to teams.
- Maintaining an efficient process of entering correspondence on to the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system, ensuring patient information is managed, retained and stored in line with Trust policy.
- Raise agendas, take and process minutes for medical team as required.
- Provide cover to other medical administrative staff during holidays and sickness.
You will need to be able to prioritise your workload and to deal with confidential and sensitive issues in a professional manner with tact and diplomacy.
We are looking for individuals with knowledge of IT systems and data management including MS Office. You will have experience of administrative support, reports and presentations, problem solving skills,
Do you want to know more? please do not hesitate to contact for an informal discussion about the role!
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding and experience in a full range of secretarial procedures and systems gained through senior level
- Ability to work with senior members of staff across a large organisation.
- Working under pressure
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 Business Administration or equivalent or willing to work towards
- Diploma / equivalent secretarial experience advanced level
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexibly and creatively to meet the needs of the service
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelly Holt
- Job title
- Locality Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01553 736360
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