Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Apprentice Patient Pathway Support

The closing date is 21 December 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated Paediatrics Department at King's Mill Hospital. We are seeking a self-motivated, innovative individual with excellent attention to detail to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

As an Apprentice Patient Pathway Support, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of clinics by preparing and tracking clinic documentation, supporting the SFHT Patient Pathway and Patient Pathway Coordinators. You will help maintain a high standard of service across both King's Mill and Newark Hospitals, contributing directly to the Trust's goals.

What We Offer:

  • A Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship with full employment by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the duration.
  • Ongoing support for personal development including regular one-to-ones, annual appraisals, and access to training courses.
  • A range of benefits including health and wellbeing support, generous annual leave, flexible working options, and more.

We believe work should be a great place for everyone. If you're passionate about patient care and keen to develop your career in the NHS, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details

Date posted

04 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£14,722 a year per annum

Contract

Apprenticeship

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-W&C-7568850

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general education to GCSE level (or equivalent) to include GCSE in English and Maths at Grade C or above

Desirable

  • RSA 1 Typing
  • Audio Typing Qualification

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Flexible and able to work effectively as part of a team
  • A committed and hardworking nature
  • A thirst for knowledge and real enthusiasm to learn and develop
  • Deal with confidential patient information and have an understanding of confidentiality
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Flexible approach to working arrangements

Skills required

Essential

  • Keyboard and computer skills - Use of electronic information systems, Microsoft packages (e.g. Outlook email, Word and Excel), SharePoint
  • Customer Service Skills
  • Organisational Skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to prioritise workload and work on own initiativ

Desirable

  • Work experience (paid or voluntary)
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general education to GCSE level (or equivalent) to include GCSE in English and Maths at Grade C or above

Desirable

  • RSA 1 Typing
  • Audio Typing Qualification

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Flexible and able to work effectively as part of a team
  • A committed and hardworking nature
  • A thirst for knowledge and real enthusiasm to learn and develop
  • Deal with confidential patient information and have an understanding of confidentiality
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Flexible approach to working arrangements

Skills required

Essential

  • Keyboard and computer skills - Use of electronic information systems, Microsoft packages (e.g. Outlook email, Word and Excel), SharePoint
  • Customer Service Skills
  • Organisational Skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to prioritise workload and work on own initiativ

Desirable

  • Work experience (paid or voluntary)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Support Officer

Sarah Chappell

Sarah.chappell4@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

04 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£14,722 a year per annum

Contract

Apprenticeship

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-W&C-7568850

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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