Clinical Admin Officer - Orthopaedics
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Band 3 Clinical Admin Officer within the Trauma and Orthopaedics team, providing comprehensive administrative support. The successful candidate will work closely with consultants and multidisciplinary teams to ensure efficient service delivery and high-quality patient care. It requires strong administrative experience, a proactive approach, and excellent communication skills for a fast-paced environment.
Key responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive administrative support to the department.
- Plan and organise own workload, managing deadlines and escalating issues.
- Manage consultants' requests for correspondence and reports.
- Respond to queries from colleagues, GPs, and patients professionally.
- Utilise IT systems for departmental operations and patient documentation.
Essential criteria
- Good education to GCSE standard or equivalent experience
- ECDL or equivalent
- NVQ Level 3 Administration or equivalent practical knowledge.
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Experience of working within a team environment
- Ability to communicate clearly.
- Ability to follow clear instructions and feedback to senior staff.
- Logical reasoning i.e. providing/receiving routine/sensitive information requiring tact.
- Competent with current software programmes (i.e. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Keyboard skills
- Basic numeracy and literacy
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable criteria
- Working in the NHS in a hospital/private practice/GP setting.
- Call centre experience
- Provide general non-clinical advice.
- Judge/analyse situations to resolve patient problems.
- Conversant with hospital information systems.
- Understanding of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of NHS targets.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £27,106 – £28,850 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Admin Officer - Orthopaedics
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
We are excited to offer an opportunity for two Band 3 Clinical Admin Officers to join our friendly and dedicated Trauma and Orthopaedics team to work 37.5 hours per week on a permanent contract.
This is a rewarding role where you'll work closely with consultants and their multidisciplinary teams, playing a key part in supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care. We're looking for someone with strong administrative experience, a proactive mindset, and a positive attitude towards change and improvement.
If you thrive in a busy, fast-paced environment, enjoy a varied workload, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, this could be the perfect role for you.
Main duties of the job
- Provide comprehensive administrative support to the department, ensuring the efficient delivery of services.
- Effectively plan and organise own workload using appropriate planning tools, demonstrating excellent time management skills and proactively escalating any anticipated issues that may impact deadlines.
- Manage consultants' requests for urgent correspondence, medico-legal reports, and other ad hoc communications, ensuring all work is completed in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
- Source, collate, and organise
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