Podiatry Administrator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the busy Community Podiatry administration Team in Halton. As a Podiatry Administrator, you will be the first point of contact for enquiries from patients, carers, and health professionals, handling general queries and booking appointments. You will need to work independently and as part of a team, using your initiative to ensure deadlines are met. The role involves providing administrative and clerical support to the Halton podiatry service, including telephone duties for clinics and bookings.
Essential criteria
- Good general education
- Basic numeracy and literacy skills
- RSA1 or equivalent in typing/word
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 2
- ECDL
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Skills and Knowledge
- Keyboard skills
- Ability to use own initiative and work under direction
- Microsoft windows skills
- Good time management and personal organisational skills
- Accuracy and efficiency
- Able to organise and respond efficiently to routine requests from the team and members of the public
- Awareness of confidentiality issues
- Forward thinking
- Attention to details
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to problem solve
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Have good written, verbal and nonverbal communication skills
- Able to self-motivate
- Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning
- Willingness to work flexibly
- Able to recognise and work within own personal limitations
- Have and understanding of office systems
- Awareness of computerised systems
- Previous experience as a clerical assistant
- Previous experience as a data input clerk/clerical assistant
- Job Specific Requirements
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
- Good general education
- Basic numeracy and literacy skills
- RSA1 or equivalent in typing/word
- NVQ level 2
- ECDL
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Skills and Knowledge
- Keyboard skills
- Ability to use own initiative and work under direction
- Microsoft windows skills
- Good time management and personal organisational skills
- Accuracy and efficiency
- Able to organise and respond efficiently to routine requests from the team and members of the public
- Awareness of confidentiality issues
- Forward thinking
- Attention to details
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to problem solve
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Have good written, verbal and nonverbal communication skills
- Able to self-motivate
- Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning
- Willingness to work flexibly
- Able to recognise and work within own personal limitations
- Have and understanding of office systems
- Awareness of computerised systems
- Previous experience as a clerical assistant
- Previous experience as a data input clerk/clerical assistant
- Job Specific Requirements
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
An exciting
opportunity has arisen to join the busy Community Podiatry administration Team
in Halton. As part of a small dedicated team you will be the first point of
contact for enquiries from patients, carers and Health professionals regarding
general enquiries and booking appointments. You will need to be able to
work alone and as part of a Team and use your own initiative to ensure
deadlines are met.
Main duties of the job
To utilise good communication skills .
To be the first point of contact for the Halton Podiatry service and use
own experience and initiative to deal efficiently and effectively with
enquiries from patients, carers and a variety of Health Care Professionals.
To book patients
appointments for various clinics, make follow up appointments
and if required, to reschedule appointments.
Ability to use EMIS patient record and appointment booking system.
Maintain
effective administrative systems.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.
Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services
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