Administration Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an Administration Assistant to join the busy and dynamic Accident and Emergency Department at Sandwell Health Campus. The role involves providing comprehensive administrative support to the medical secretarial team, focusing on ED consultants and the medical team. Key tasks include dealing with correspondence, reports, letters, memos, and using various hospital systems. The position is full-time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Key responsibilities
- Providing admin support to Medical Secretaries
- Using numerous hospital IT systems
- Dealing with patient queries via emails and phone calls
- Sending reports and clinical data to GPs
- To undertake general admin duties, typing/photocopying/filing
- To provide any regular reports as required by the medical secretaries/team leader
Essential criteria
- GCSE English Garde A-C or equivalent-to include English Language and Maths
- RSA Stage II or equivalent, NVQ III or equivalent in relevant area (i.e. business administration)
- Previous secretarial experience, including diary management.
Desirable criteria
- RSA Stage II
- ECDL
- Previous database experience
- Experience within NHS or similar setting
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £24,937 – £26,598 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Administration Assistant
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to work in a rewarding, challenging and supportive team to help support the admin functions of our busy and dynamic Accident and Emergency Department?
Are you proactive, organised and looking to work within an established team and positive working environment while gaining valuable new skills? If your answers are yes please read on.
This is an exciting new opportunity for a Support Medical Secretary, 37.5 hours to be worked over 5 days Mon-Fri, working at Sandwell Health Campus.Under the guidance of our admin team leaders, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive admin support to our medical secretarial team, which will be focused on the ED consultants and medical team in ensuring the delivery of effective care and administration services, including day-to-day administration tasks such as dealing with correspondence, reports, letters, and memos and using various hospital systems.
We would welcome applications from candidates who do not hold Level 3 Business Administrator qualification, as this is something that could be offered during employment.
Main duties of the job
- Providing admin support to Medical Secretaries
- Using numerous hospital IT systems
- Dealing with patient queries
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