Band 3 Administrator - Special School Nursing
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Term time hours
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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 administrative support to the Special School Nursing team, ensuring the service functions effectively and delivers high-standard care to children and young people. Duties include data input, answering phones, monitoring emails, pulling patient records, and placing equipment orders. The administrator will support systems and processes, requiring excellent organisational, communication, and IT skills, along with a flexible approach to work. The position is part-time, 30 hours per week, term-time only.
Essential criteria
- OCR/RSA ll or equivalent NVQ 3 - Business Administration or equivalent
- GCSE passes in English Language and Maths (grade A-C or equivalent).
Desirable criteria
- RSA level II/ NVQ Level II or relevant.
- Skills/knowledge
- Ability to communicate at all levels including communicating sensitive information
- Knowledge of various IT packages.
- Demonstrate an ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to operate all office-based equipment.
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to build effective working relationships within a multi disciplinary team.
- Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines.
- Understanding of Medical/NHS terminology
- Ability to develop and input on basic databases and to produce reports
- Ability to work on own and as part of a team.
- Show understanding of the importance of confidentiality and consequences of breaking confidentiality.
- Demonstrates willingness to respond effectively to customers and staff queries.
- Demonstrates ability to communicate with people in a courteous and sensitive manner, taking into account individual needs.
- Competent computer user i.e. Microsoft office systems i.e. power point, excel
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to achieve a high degree of accuracy.
- Ability to manage own time effectively and flexibly.
- Ability to address own training needs.
- Ability to set up/manage effective administrative systems
- Experience of diary management
- Trained in RIO
- Other job requirements
- Ability to work flexibly within, and as part of a team
- To have a flexible approach to work
- Professional approach to work
- Motivated personality
- To be able to travel to other bases where needed for service needs
- OCR/RSA ll or equivalent NVQ 3 - Business Administration or equivalent
- GCSE passes in English Language and Maths (grade A-C or equivalent).
- RSA level II/ NVQ Level II or relevant.
- Skills/knowledge
- Ability to communicate at all levels including communicating sensitive information
- Knowledge of various IT packages.
- Demonstrate an ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to operate all office-based equipment.
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to build effective working relationships within a multi disciplinary team.
- Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines.
- Understanding of Medical/NHS terminology
- Ability to develop and input on basic databases and to produce reports
- Ability to work on own and as part of a team.
- Show understanding of the importance of confidentiality and consequences of breaking confidentiality.
- Demonstrates willingness to respond effectively to customers and staff queries.
- Demonstrates ability to communicate with people in a courteous and sensitive manner, taking into account individual needs.
- Competent computer user i.e. Microsoft office systems i.e. power point, excel
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to achieve a high degree of accuracy.
- Ability to manage own time effectively and flexibly.
- Ability to address own training needs.
- Ability to set up/manage effective administrative systems
- Experience of diary management
- Trained in RIO
- Other job requirements
- Ability to work flexibly within, and as part of a team
- To have a flexible approach to work
- Professional approach to work
- Motivated personality
- To be able to travel to other bases where needed for service needs
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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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Band 3 Administrator - Special School Nursing
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.
This role isNOT open to applications from those who will requiresponsorshi p.
You will work as part of the team for Special School Nursing under the direction of the Office Manager, reporting relevant information to Special School Nurses by undertaking administrative duties to enable the service to function effectively & support to deliver a high standard of care to children/young people.
You will work 30 hours per week, term-time only contract. Monday to Friday.
The post of the administrator will support the service (City- Wide) and will cover a range of duties, predominately data input, telephone answering, monitoring of generic email accounts, pulling patient records, placing equipment orders and undertake furthermore administrative duties. There will be an expectation for the post holder to help with admin support where needed.
The successful candidate will be expected to support systems and processes in the team and underpin the smooth running of the office. It is essential that you possess excellent organisational & communication skills as well as IT skills with a flexible approach to work that will meet the ever-changing need
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