Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0741-DIR-S
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/09/2025
Employer heading

Admin Assistant Active Recovery
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We are looking for a highly organised and proactive Admin Assistant to join our Integrated Community Care Directorate. In this pivotal role, you will provide essential support to our Assessment Team within Active Recovery, ensuring smooth operations while delivering outstanding service to patients, carers, and colleagues.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with administrative experience to contribute to the continuous improvement of our administrative services. The ideal candidate will be adaptable, resourceful, and customer-focused, thriving in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same.
While prior experience in a healthcare or hospital setting is beneficial, it is not essential. If you are a motivated professional with strong organisational skills, a positive attitude, and a passion for making a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
Join us in a rewarding role where your contributions directly enhance the efficiency and quality of care within our directorate.
Main duties of the job
This is a vital role within our Integrated Community Care Directorate by providing essential support to the Assessment Team within Active Recovery. Our roles are diverse, fast-paced, and rewarding, offering the opportunity to make a real difference to patient outcomes. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
Prioritise and organise own day-to-day work schedule, completing work within agreed timescales.
Exercise discretion and maintain a high standard of confidentiality, communication and interpersonal skills including telephone enquiries.
Maintain staff employment records and ensure any changes in an employees’ details are included in their personal file.
While previous administration experience would be beneficial, we are primarily seeking individuals with a genuine passion for working in healthcare and a proactive, "can-do" attitude, with strong communication skills to effectively support the Senior Leadership Team.
The successful candidate will join a friendly, supportive, and collaborative team that values the contributions of all staff.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE in English and Mathematics at grade C/4 or above or equivalent qualification/experience.
- NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent experience
- OCR II in Word Processing or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Processing/typing or equivalent experience/ qualifications.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate experience in an administrative role within an office environment.
- Experience of working in a public facing role.
- Experience of initiating and setting up monitoring systems to record appropriate information.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a healthcare setting.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding of data protection issues and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to deal with staff at all levels.
- Displays use of initiative with effective organisational skill
- Ability to prioritise and work to strict/conflicting deadlines
- On-going commitment to personal development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of / experience of using information and/or customer service systems.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
Desirable criteria
- High level of Customer Care/Service skills demonstrated by course or experience.
- Previous experience of Patient Systems: SystmOne (area specific software)
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jenny Bingham
- Job title
- Operational Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 3078129
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