Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months (up to)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri 08:00-16:00)
- Job ref
- 374-LC0526
- Employer
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Eastbourne District General Hospital
- Town
- Eastbourne
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Engineering Deputy Administrator
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
Job overview
This post is responsible for deputising: the provision of all administrative services, telephone support, customer support with oversight and assisting the running of all the Department Financial systems (including placing and auditing all individual Clinical Engineering orders – current annual spend approximately £2M p.a.), assisting in the negotiation and placing of contracts and service level agreements.
Main duties of the job
The Post-holder will co-ordinate and contribute to the delivery of a wide range of other administrative support tasks to the Department. The Post-holder will also provide secretarial and PA Support to the Clinical Engineering Manager in absence of Clinical Engineering administrator.
Working for our organisation
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of good general level of education level including Maths and English
- NVQ 3 Business and Administration or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 4 in Business Administration
- ECDL or equivalent IT qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of administrative and clerical work within the NHS or a similar environment
- Previous experience of working in a customer care environment
- Experience of developing and implementing office systems and processes
- Experience of searching a range of resources for evidence-based information
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in Clinical Engineering
- Previous experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of and confidence in using SQL databases and information technology in the workplace
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good IT skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Outlook
- Able to work methodically and accurately with the ability to see project / tasks through to completion
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jack Tompsett
- Job title
- Deputy Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 131 5151
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