Job overview

Closing Date:  12th August 2025

Shortlisting to take place in the week following closing date:  commencing 13th August 2025

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting:  commencing: 20th August 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic, well-motivated administrator to join the Pennine Breast Screening department with cross cover when required across MSK Planned Care administration teams.

You will be required to work 20.5 hours per week.

The successful candidate will need to possess excellent typing skills, communication, time management and organisational skills and must be able to work under pressure.

Working with minimal supervision, the successful candidate must be able to use their own initiative and prioritise their own workload ensuring deadlines are met as specified.

Previous administrative and IT skills are essential.  Previous EPR or relevant PAS system & Word applications (Including Excel) would be advantageous as is a good working knowledge of the NHS.

Post holder would be part of a wider team, so flexibility is essential and there is a requirement to be able to cover posts in other areas including across site.

Informal Enquiries: Jennifer  Rushton, Administration Manager or

                                   Sandra Stewart, Breast Care Coordinator   

We can offer staff gymnasiums on both hospital sites, excellent pension scheme including life assurance cover and advice on childcare.

Main duties of the job

PRIMARY DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY 

To assist colleagues with workloads, providing secretarial/administrative support to the Breast Care teams, Breast Consultants and administration colleagues including word processing, audio typing of clinical letters, maintaining patient electronic records (EPR), email accounts, answering telephones, filing, photocopying, distributing mail as appropriate being point of contact for patients and clinical teams..  Monitoring RTT Patient Pathways and RTT Cancer Pathways.  Maintaining waiting lists and tracking of patients.

To support the Breast Coordinator and Breast Medical Secretaries in word processing, audio typing of clinical letters and distribution, typing results letters. Maintaining email accounts and patient correspondence.    

Booking, rescheduling patient appointments and other admin tasks.

Receive and deal with telephone enquiries, often of a sensitive nature in a constructive and sympathetic manner, referring to the appropriate person where necessary and transferring of calls when required

 To ensure accuracy when administering any relevant IT systems.  The systems could include EPR (Electronic Patient Record and/or other local systems – IT systems that records essential clinical and personal information about patients) word, internet and email.

Support secretarial colleagues during periods of sickness, annual leave or training   with support and guidance from seniors as required

Working for our organisation

At Bradford Teaching Hospitals we’re passionate about providing outstanding care for the people of the Bradford district and communities across the North of England. We’re keen to meet people interested in sharing our passion and helping us continue to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients.

We’re a renowned teaching hospital trust at the forefront of research, education and development, with a state-of-the-art simulation and skills training centre on site.

In short, we can help you lift your career to the next level. We’ve received huge investment to improve patient care which means we have truly world-class facilities including a brand-new neonatal suite, state-of-the-art intensive care unit, a newly refurbished A&E department, new children’s unit and a welcoming, modern atrium and reception area for staff and visitors.