PA - Medical Division
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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.
“**Certificate of sponsorship For your information only** Please note that Certificate of Sponsorship is not available for this position as it does not meet one or more of the required criteria.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role provides comprehensive personal assistant and secretarial support to a Consultant and their medical team. The successful candidate will ensure an efficient and reliable service. It is a fixed-term, part-time position within the Medical Division of West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
Essential criteria
- oProven computer literacy
- oGood standard of general education (including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- oRSA II or equivalent typing
- oAMSPAR Certificate
- Experience and knowledge
- oPrevious experience as PA or secretary/administration experience
- oPrevious NHS or related environment
- oCustomer care experience
- oMedical terminology
- Skills and abilities
- oTouch typing
- oAble to demonstrate skills that ensure tasks are completed accurately and within a given timeframe.
- oAccurate keyboard skills
- oAudio typing
- oAble to take minutes.
- oUnderstanding of databases
- oKnowledge of the hospital administration system
- oExcellent Communication skills
- oAble to work in a pressured environment.
- oAble to meet deadlines.
- oGood interpersonal skills
- oGood organisational skills
- oAttention to detail.
- oAbility to work on own initiative or part of a team.
- oFlexible approach to working hours to meet the needs of the service.
- Education and qualifications
- oProven computer literacy
- oGood standard of general education (including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent)
- oRSA II or equivalent typing
- oAMSPAR Certificate
- Experience and knowledge
- oPrevious experience as PA or secretary/administration experience
- oPrevious NHS or related environment
- oCustomer care experience
- oMedical terminology
- Skills and abilities
- oTouch typing
- oAble to demonstrate skills that ensure tasks are completed accurately and within a given timeframe.
- oAccurate keyboard skills
- oAudio typing
- oAble to take minutes.
- oUnderstanding of databases
- oKnowledge of the hospital administration system
- oExcellent Communication skills
- oAble to work in a pressured environment.
- oAble to meet deadlines.
- oGood interpersonal skills
- oGood organisational skills
- oAttention to detail.
- oAbility to work on own initiative or part of a team.
- oFlexible approach to working hours to meet the needs of the service.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
PA - Medical Division
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
To provide a comprehensive personal assistant/secretarial service in support of the Consultant and associated medical team, ensuring the provision of an efficient and reliable service.
Main duties of the job
For full details of the job Role and Person Specification, please see attached Job Description.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
About us
BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialis
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