Band 3 Senior Admin Officer - London Hub
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This role supports the London Breast Screening Administrative Hub team by performing essential operational activities for the Hub Call centre and related administration functions. The Senior Admin Officer will collaborate with external breast screening services and Administration Team Leaders to ensure integrated functions and cover. Responsibilities include delivering administration for the call centre, being competent in all hub functions, and providing support in line with Trust and NHS Breast Screening Programme guidelines. The role requires working within a shift pattern, including weekends and late evenings.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to meet the Trust values
- Education & professional qualifications
- 5 GCSE's or equivalent
- Key skills level 2 in Literacy or equivalent
- Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of dealing sensitively with client/patient concerns in emotive and distressing circumstances
- Experience of undertaking detailed, intensive work in a busy administrative environment
- Experience of using information technology such as Word and Excel in work-related activities
- Demonstrate awareness of issues around confidentiality
- Ability to work independently and under pressure
- Good knowledge of Microsoft systems including word, excel and outlook
Desirable criteria
- Supervisory and administrative training experience
- Working knowledge of the NHSBSP
- Skills and aptitudes
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to use own skill and judgement to select the most appropriate action form a range of alternative approaches
- Able to sustain meticulous attention to accuracy and detail
- Good level of verbal and written communication
- Good interpersonal and listening skills
- Able to handle difficult and distressing situations effectively
- Able to prioritise own workload to set and meet deadlines
- Able to compose correspondence and reports
- Able to work as part of a team
- Punctuality
- Able to present information to others
- Able to influence, advise and motivate others
- Personal qualities and attributes
- Good knowledge of the NHS breast screening programme
- Good knowledge of the National Breast Screening System (NBSS)
- Others
- Light Physical work
- Motivated and Independent
- Good Team Player
- Flexibility
- Royal Free World Class Values
- Demonstrate ability to meet the Trust values
- Education & professional qualifications
- 5 GCSE's or equivalent
- Key skills level 2 in Literacy or equivalent
- Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of dealing sensitively with client/patient concerns in emotive and distressing circumstances
- Experience of undertaking detailed, intensive work in a busy administrative environment
- Experience of using information technology such as Word and Excel in work-related activities
- Demonstrate awareness of issues around confidentiality
- Ability to work independently and under pressure
- Good knowledge of Microsoft systems including word, excel and outlook
- Supervisory and administrative training experience
- Working knowledge of the NHSBSP
- Skills and aptitudes
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to use own skill and judgement to select the most appropriate action form a range of alternative approaches
- Able to sustain meticulous attention to accuracy and detail
- Good level of verbal and written communication
- Good interpersonal and listening skills
- Able to handle difficult and distressing situations effectively
- Able to prioritise own workload to set and meet deadlines
- Able to compose correspondence and reports
- Able to work as part of a team
- Punctuality
- Able to present information to others
- Able to influence, advise and motivate others
- Personal qualities and attributes
- Good knowledge of the NHS breast screening programme
- Good knowledge of the National Breast Screening System (NBSS)
- Others
- Light Physical work
- Motivated and Independent
- Good Team Player
- Flexibility
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £30,630 – £32,346 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Band 3 Senior Admin Officer - London Hub
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
To support the work of the London Breast Screening Administrative Hub team by accurate, efficient and timely execution of essential operational activities that support the Hub Call centre and all related administration functions, under the lead of the Office Manager/Assistant Service Manager and Service Manager.
Main duties of the job
To deliver on the administration function related to the call centre including a close collaboration with external breast screening services within the Pan London structure.To liaise closely with Administration Team Leaders to ensure integration of functions and facilitate the provision of cover for periods of short-term absence.
To be fully competent in all administration functions required by the London Breast screening Administrative Hub.All senior Admin Officers are expected to develop the knowledge and ability to provide cover for key elements of each others' work. The specific elements to be covered by each Senior Administration Officer will be specified by the Office Manager and Team Leader, who will also arrange appropriate training.
To deliver support services that is in line with the Trust and NHS Breast Screening Programme guidelines and targets.
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