Project Administrator - HCS
The closing date is 19 August 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Administrator to join our team within East Suffolk North Essex Foundation Trust
You will manage, prioritise, plan and organise own time and co-ordinate that of your team if appropriate, using extensive knowledge, skills and experience.e worked on a rota shift basis.
Provide leadership that encourages high performance from other staff within your team, with the aim of maintaining optimum efficiency within the department.
Train and provide support/line management to enable other team members to deliver an efficient administrative/secretarial service
Main duties of the job
- Deal with external and internal queries. This may include providing complex or sensitive nonclinical information or advice to patients or relatives, who may be anxious or have cultural or language difficulties in understanding.
- Maintains working relationships within own and other departments to facilitate an effective service.
- Use judgement to deal with a range of routine and non-routine problems that may arise, and only exceptionally refer very complex issues to the appropriate person.
- Responsible for developing, maintaining efficient electronic and manual filing systems.
- Responsible for the maintenance of accurate data on hospital systems as appropriate, and creating reports as requested.o Take and transcribe formal minutes and create action plans and administer as appropriate.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Details
Date posted
08 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
7 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
432-HR575-25
Job locations
Colchester Hospital
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colchester Hospital
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer's website
https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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