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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
083-8084820-SL
Employer
Sirona care & health CIC
Employer type
NHS
Site
John Milton Clinic
Town
Bristol
Salary
£28,392 - £31,157 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/07/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Sirona care & health CIC logo

NHS@home Senior Administrator

NHS AfC: Band 4

Please note that if you apply for a position with Sirona care & health, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac Account and email accounts.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received prior to the advertised closing date.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Administrator to join our NHS@Home team as part of the Healthier Together @Home service.

This role is central to the smooth running of a dynamic, patient-focused model of care which delivers hospital-level support in the comfort of people’s homes. By working closely with system partners and using appropriate remote monitoring tools, the service aims to:

  • Reduce unnecessary hospital stays

  • Build trust in the safe delivery of care at home

  • Encourage shared decision-making between patients and professionals

  • Foster a confident, collaborative approach to care

  • Strengthen system-wide management of clinical risk in community settings

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Administrator, you will play a key role in supporting the day-to-day operations of the service. You’ll be an essential link between patients, professionals, and system partners – keeping things running smoothly, accurately, and professionally.

Your responsibilities will include:

Communication

  • Providing a courteous and responsive service to patients, carers, clinicians and partner organisations
  • Handling sensitive, sometimes emotional conversations with professionalism and support
  • Creating tailored correspondence and written materials
  • Supporting others in managing complaints, concerns and enquiries
  • Offering non-clinical advice and appropriate signpostin

Planning & Coordination

  • Managing your own and others’ workloads to meet service demands
  • Coordinating team rotas, meetings, clinics and events
  • Supporting recruitment processes including interviews and onboarding
  • Deputising for managers when required and overseeing small project

Data & Resources

  • Handling data accurately, supporting reports, audits and service evaluations
  • Ordering essential equipment or supplies
  • Ensuring compliance with documentation, data protection and confidentiality standards
  • Contributing to business continuity and CQC assurance processe

Leadership & Supervision

  • Line managing and mentoring colleagues and new starters
  • Supporting wellbeing and development through one-to-one meetings
  • Providing training and contributing to performance management
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Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position

Please note, we cannot offer a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered. Please only provide the expiry date and not your share code within your application. 

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Significant practical experience in a wide range of relevant administrative procedures, preferably supported by an NVQ 3 in administration or equivalent training/demonstrable experience.
  • Numeracy and Literacy level 2 qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates a proactive approach and ability to use initiative
  • Ability to organise, prioritise and manage workload effectively.
  • Demonstrates reliability and follows tasks/actions through to compeltion
  • Produces accurate work and maintains high standards/attention to detail
  • Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality and secure information handling
  • Communicates calmly and professionally, including with distressed or challenging individuals
  • Demonstrates a good range of IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Teams
  • Previous line management or supervisory experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a health/social care or service oriented organisation
  • Experience of EMIS

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in People: GoldCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingQNIInclusion UK

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gemma Barrington
Job title
Business Support Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 125 5000
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