Business Support Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 18
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 02/09/2026
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 provides administrative support for the new contract with NHS England for reproductive tissue provision, involving liaison with various UK hospitals. The postholder will also support the TCAT business support team, assisting senior managers with tasks like raising invoices and tracking project budgets. Other duties include organising and minuting complex high-level meetings.
Key responsibilities
- Provide administrative support for the new contract with NHS England for provision of reproductive tissue.
- Liaise with various UK hospitals regarding the reproductive tissue contract.
- Support delivery of a comprehensive business support service for TCAT across all departmental functions.
- Provide administrative support to TCAT senior managers, including raising invoices and ensuring projects track budgets.
- Organise and accurately minute complex high level meetings.
Essential criteria
- Degree in Office/Business Administration or related subject (or training and experience to an equivalent level).
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Relevant experience in a business management or finance environment within a large organisation.
- Good working knowledge of the range of MO365 products.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the healthcare field.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £34,544 – £43,039 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
246868
Salary:
Band 5 (£34,544 - £43,039)
Job closing date:
02/09/2026
Job Type:
Administrative Services
Location:
Edinburgh
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
18
Job posted date:
26/08/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
Public Services Delivery Scotland
Department:
TCAT Dev
Job Advert
On 1 April 2026, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) became one national organisation, focused on continuity today and a stronger, more connected service for tomorrow.
As part of this transformation, NSS and NES have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long-term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.
About the Organisation:
PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.
We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.
The Post:
This is an exciting opportunity to join TCAT (Tissues, Cells & Advanced Therapeutics) which is a directorate
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