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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Contact
- Address
- Blackpool Victoria Hospital
- Whinney Heys Road
- Blackpool
- Lancashire
- FY3 8NR
Administrator - Breast
Accepting applications until: 09-Sep-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 09-Sep-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Cyfeiriad
- Whinney Heys Road
- Tref
- Blackpool
- Cod post
- FY3 8NR
- Major / Minor Region
- Lancashire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Part time - 15 hours per week (Monday - Friday, Core Hours)
Salary
- Cyflog
- £25,272 per annum, pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 2)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Breast
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
The post holder will assist in providing an effective administrative service across all services in the building to support the clinical functions of the Trust. Collaborate with colleagues, service users, and stakeholders to offer efficient clerical support.
There is no sponsorship for this role. Interviews are in Blackpool (face to face only). Please apply early as this vacancy may close early due to popularity.
Provide a high-quality administration service to ensure the smooth operation of a diverse range of clinical services from various sites within a business unit. Flexibly work within the administration team to deliver a wide range of services to clinicians, team leaders, and clinical managers as appropriate.
Offer a high-quality customer care first point of contact service via telephone, email, written correspondence, and face-to-face interactions. This may include delivering reception, patient admissions, and/or telephone helpline services, as well as supporting clinicians in coordinating their clinical workload.
Competently use various computer systems for maintaining departmental/patient records, data, and statistics required by clinical services.
Contribute to and influence the development of administration services by collaborating with colleagues and management to form a clear and coherent vision. Continuously review and evaluate administrative systems, procedures, and associated policies to facilitate improvements and advancements.
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- Support clinical services with administrative tasks: data processing, typing, minute-taking, agenda preparation, filing, photocopying, scanning.
- Serve as non-clinical contact for patients and visitors, manage inquiries and concerns, and refer them to relevant staff.
- Handle unexpected events at the site/front office.
- Triage calls, respond or forward messages based on urgency.
- Retrieve and forward telephone messages from staff.
- Manage mail collection and distribution promptly.
- Ensure the smooth function of the site, set up rooms for various uses.
- Book, cancel, and rebook appointments for clinical services, update patient details.
- Schedule appointments in clinician diaries.
- Prepare clinical documentation, liaise with various departments for patient information, maintain records.
- Participate in annual archiving of clinical records, aid transition to digital storage.
- Manage data from IT systems, liaise for service efficiency.
- Perform specific administrative tasks using senior administrator processes.
- Collect and distribute informational materials for clinical teams.
- Manage own workload, support colleagues, prioritize tasks, seek guidance when necessary.
- Train and assist new staff, participate in policy reviews and implementation.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
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Please ensure that you have read the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
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Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifcation
Meini prawf hanfodol
- NVQ level 2 business administration or Amspar Diploma
- 5 GCSE’s A-C
- RSA II or equivalent typing qualification
Meini prawf dymunol
- ECDL or IT qualification
Knowledge and Experiance
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Previous experience working in admin type role.
- Previous experience working within a hospital setting
- Previous experience of working within the NHS
- Knowledge of Hospital Information System PAS/Solus.
- Knowledge of case note locations.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Programmes
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Proven time management skills
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Effective team member
- Efficient and Enthusiastic
- Ability to respond to changes in service / adaptable / open to change
- Flexible approach to the post
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate at all levels.
- Ability to learn new tasks, procedures or terminology
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Emily Connor
- Teitl y swydd
- DSM
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01235 956043
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