Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic, hardworking and motivated administrative assistant with excellent communication, organisational, time management and attention to detail skills to join Newton Community Hospital within Merseyside and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
The post will be based at Newton Community Hospital. You will be working in a busy environment and closely with many different teams based at the hospital. Communication and customer care is key is this team. The post will be varied and a great opportunity to gain new skills and enhance your knowledge and experience by working within varies settings.
A flexible approach to day to day tasks is essential, in order to meet the changing demands of the service. Our philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do. We look for people who are willing to go the extra mile, not because they are asked to, but because they are committed to being part of a healthcare team that delivers an excellent caring service to our patients.
Please note, this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.
Interview Date - 26th August 2025
Main duties of the job
- To provide a comprehensive administrative service to staff and patients.
- To be confident, competent and efficient working on a computer.
- Ensuring all the workload is effectively and efficiently processed including ad hoc office duties.
- To complete all clinic related and documentation and data input.
- Ensure cross cover working where appropriate. A 'Buddy' system is in place to cover colleagues workload when on annual leave etc
- To be responsible for own workload on a day to day basis.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- Act as first point of contact for all telephone and reception enquiries, ensuring that messages are forwarded to the appropriate persons and visitors are welcomed to the department.
- Provide an effective administrative service to support the team, including photocopying, data inputting and typing.
- Effective liaison with multi-disciplinary staff/patients/carers/outside agencies, including dealing with appointment/service enquiries. To ensure communication is accurate, sensitive, complex and confidential and accurate information is communicated as and when required.
- Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body
- It should be included for majority of staff even those not associated with a professional body as they will have to adhere o the standards expected by their profession i.e. an Finance Clerk would be expected to adhere to certain requirements governing finance legislation.
- Responsibility, in conjunction with other administrative staff, for arranging clinics, booking appointments and associated data entry including the retrieval and maintenance of patient records.
- Ensure appropriate records are maintained as directed by Line Manager. In line with Trust Policies and Procedures
- Contribute to the producing and sending of appointments and giving appropriate patient information/advice.
- To register patient referrals for the service on appropriate systems following the service referral pathway.
- To contribute to the maintenance of waiting lists, ensuring that appropriate appointments are scheduled / allocated to patients as directed, in line with service procedures by your line manager or clinician.
- To work in a flexible manner when cover is required, to support and maintain service delivery.
- Contribute to the processing of all incoming and outgoing mail.
- Participate in the provision of cover and Support and maintain service delivery borough wide
- Participate in serious untoward incident investigations/reviews as required. Support individual's equality, diversity and rights.
- Participate in patient and public involvement activities.
- Contribute towards service improvement initiatives to enhance quality of patient care.
- Provide information and support to service users/carers as appropriate.
- Contribute to the continued improvement and quality of the Administration Support Service.
- Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
- Report any concern regarding patient care to line manager.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- To undertake any other delegated duties as appropriate and commensurate with the Contribute to the ordering of stationery supplies and associated procedures.
- Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources.
- To undertake any other delegated duties as appropriate and commensurate with the post.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
- Provide evidence to support development around the Trust Appraisal system or other competency profiles.
- Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development.
- Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
- All Trust staff will comply with financial processes and procedures
RESEARCH & AUDIT
- Participate in appropriate audit, quality assurance programmes and research as directed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- Act as first point of contact for all telephone and reception enquiries, ensuring that messages are forwarded to the appropriate persons and visitors are welcomed to the department.
- Provide an effective administrative service to support the team, including photocopying, data inputting and typing.
- Effective liaison with multi-disciplinary staff/patients/carers/outside agencies, including dealing with appointment/service enquiries. To ensure communication is accurate, sensitive, complex and confidential and accurate information is communicated as and when required.
- Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body
- It should be included for majority of staff even those not associated with a professional body as they will have to adhere o the standards expected by their profession i.e. an Finance Clerk would be expected to adhere to certain requirements governing finance legislation.
- Responsibility, in conjunction with other administrative staff, for arranging clinics, booking appointments and associated data entry including the retrieval and maintenance of patient records.
- Ensure appropriate records are maintained as directed by Line Manager. In line with Trust Policies and Procedures
- Contribute to the producing and sending of appointments and giving appropriate patient information/advice.
- To register patient referrals for the service on appropriate systems following the service referral pathway.
- To contribute to the maintenance of waiting lists, ensuring that appropriate appointments are scheduled / allocated to patients as directed, in line with service procedures by your line manager or clinician.
- To work in a flexible manner when cover is required, to support and maintain service delivery.
- Contribute to the processing of all incoming and outgoing mail.
- Participate in the provision of cover and Support and maintain service delivery borough wide
- Participate in serious untoward incident investigations/reviews as required. Support individual's equality, diversity and rights.
- Participate in patient and public involvement activities.
- Contribute towards service improvement initiatives to enhance quality of patient care.
- Provide information and support to service users/carers as appropriate.
- Contribute to the continued improvement and quality of the Administration Support Service.
- Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
- Report any concern regarding patient care to line manager.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- To undertake any other delegated duties as appropriate and commensurate with the Contribute to the ordering of stationery supplies and associated procedures.
- Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources.
- To undertake any other delegated duties as appropriate and commensurate with the post.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
- Provide evidence to support development around the Trust Appraisal system or other competency profiles.
- Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development.
- Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
- All Trust staff will comply with financial processes and procedures
RESEARCH & AUDIT
- Participate in appropriate audit, quality assurance programmes and research as directed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent qualification and/or experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Reception/office experience
- Experience of working in a busy office environment
Desirable
- NHS experience
- Experience of working in a clinic setting
Skills
Essential
- Good IT/computer skills (Microsoft Office and Outlook)
- Accurate keyboarding skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Good knowledge and understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to participate and work within a changing and demanding environment
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Able to present information and refer questions to others where appropriate
Desirable
- Ability to work as a member of a team
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to various locations
- Willingness and flexibility to provide cover for other clinics
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Flexible, adaptable approach
Desirable
- Willingness to train and support new assistant administrators and bank assistant administrators in respect of general IT, administrative duties and procedures
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent qualification and/or experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Reception/office experience
- Experience of working in a busy office environment
Desirable
- NHS experience
- Experience of working in a clinic setting
Skills
Essential
- Good IT/computer skills (Microsoft Office and Outlook)
- Accurate keyboarding skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Good knowledge and understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to participate and work within a changing and demanding environment
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Able to present information and refer questions to others where appropriate
Desirable
- Ability to work as a member of a team
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to various locations
- Willingness and flexibility to provide cover for other clinics
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Flexible, adaptable approach
Desirable
- Willingness to train and support new assistant administrators and bank assistant administrators in respect of general IT, administrative duties and procedures
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.
