Administrative Clerk (Oncology Unit)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 18/09/2026
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“****PLEASE NOTE: This Band 3 role is not eligible for current, or future visa sponsorship****”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role involves providing efficient and professional administrative support to the Oncology Unit. Key duties include managing the reception, booking patients, and maintaining patient administration systems. The post holder will also handle patient queries and coordinate clinic appointments, ensuring smooth operation of the unit. It requires a high level of accuracy and good communication skills.
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of delivering a wide range of administration tasks to a high standard, in a patient/service focused environment.
- Experience of dealing with patients and the public in a polite, pleasant, and professional manner.
- Maintain patient details according to data quality standards.
- Ability to deliver a high level of accuracy and consistency in all work undertaken.
- Knowledge of paper and electronic records management.
- Ability to use initiative to resolve problems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an NHS/Medical services environment.
- Qualifications & Professional Training
- GCSE's in Maths and English at Level 5 or above or equivalent qualifications/ experience.
- Administrative/ Customers Services Skills at level 3 or equivalent training and/ or experience.
- Good Customer service skills.
- Previous experience of administration in the health sector.
- Skills & Abilities
- Good attention to detail
- Good standard of literacy and IT skills
- Ability to work calmly under pressure and prioritise workload
- Excellent communication skills
- Confidentiality and adherence to Data Protection protocols
- Ability to establish effective working relationship
- Excellent inter-personal skills
- Reliability and Flexibility
- Able to work on own initiative
- Committed team player
- Emotional resilience
- Ability to undertake further training and development as required
- Experience & Knowledge
- Proven experience of delivering a wide range of administration tasks to a high standard, in a patient/service focused environment.
- Experience of dealing with patients and the public in a polite, pleasant, and professional manner.
- Maintain patient details according to data quality standards.
- Ability to deliver a high level of accuracy and consistency in all work undertaken.
- Knowledge of paper and electronic records management.
- Ability to use initiative to resolve problems
- Experience of working in an NHS/Medical services environment.
- Qualifications & Professional Training
- GCSE's in Maths and English at Level 5 or above or equivalent qualifications/ experience.
- Administrative/ Customers Services Skills at level 3 or equivalent training and/ or experience.
- Good Customer service skills.
- Previous experience of administration in the health sector.
- Skills & Abilities
- Good attention to detail
- Good standard of literacy and IT skills
- Ability to work calmly under pressure and prioritise workload
- Excellent communication skills
- Confidentiality and adherence to Data Protection protocols
- Ability to establish effective working relationship
- Excellent inter-personal skills
- Reliability and Flexibility
- Able to work on own initiative
- Committed team player
- Emotional resilience
- Ability to undertake further training and development as required
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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George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Administrative Clerk (Oncology Unit)
The closing date is 18 September 2026
Job summary
PLEASE NOTE: This Band 3 role is not eligible for current, or future visa sponsorship
Administrative Clerk (Oncology Unit)
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Closing Date: Friday 18th September 2026
Interview Date: TBC
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Main duties of the job
- To provide an efficient and professional administrative service to the Oncology Unit, undertaking a reception service for the area and the booking in of patients, ensuring that Patient Administration Systems are kept up to date.
- To welcome patients and members of the public entering the unit and ensure any queries that arise are dealt with or passed onto relevant staff.
- To maintain and coordinate the clinic appointments for the unit liaising with rele
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