Diabetes Administration Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- 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 role involves providing essential clerical support to the Integrated Community Diabetes Service (ICDS) team, primarily assisting the nursing staff. Key responsibilities include coordinating Diabetes Structured Education, managing waiting lists, and ensuring accurate patient registration on various systems. The post holder will also liaise with patients, carers, and healthcare professionals, arrange appointments, and assist with educational materials and audits. This position requires working collaboratively within a team across North and South Bedfordshire.
Essential criteria
- ECDL qualification
- Good general education
Desirable criteria
- experience of administration postition
- Experience of appointment proceedures
- Able to communicate both verbally and in writing
- experience of administration postition
- IT skills equivalent to RSA2, NVQ2
- Ability to work under pressure
- Methodical approach to work
- Attention to detail
- QUALITIES
- Enthusiastic and Self-Aware
- Team focused
- Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable
- Methodical approach to work
- ECDL qualification
- Good general education
- experience of administration postition
- Experience of appointment proceedures
- Able to communicate both verbally and in writing
- experience of administration postition
- IT skills equivalent to RSA2, NVQ2
- Ability to work under pressure
- Methodical approach to work
- Attention to detail
- QUALITIES
- Enthusiastic and Self-Aware
- Team focused
- Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable
- Methodical approach to work
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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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Diabetes Administration Assistant
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
A wonderful opportunity has arisen to be part of the dynamic Integrated Community Diabetes Service.
The administration assistant will provide an essential clerical support service to the ICDS Team. They will be mainly based with the nursing team contributing to the overall efficient and effective running of the department. An essential part of the role will be to provide administrative support to the nursing team .
The post holder will be working and liaising as part of a team with other administrators, nurses, dietitians and educators across North and South Bedfordshire.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the day to day administration of Community Diabetes service across North and South Bedfordshire. This will include the co-ordination of the Diabetes Structured Education, waiting lists for face to face and virtual education sessions.
To ensure all patients are accurately registered onto SystmOne, the Trust's Patient Information system (PiMS) and Diamond in accordance with national and local guidelines.
To liaise with patients, carers and health care professionals, sending appointments and documents to patients, organising translators and organising medical notes/referrals.
To assist with the development
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