Job summary
- Main area
- Apprenticeship Business Administration
- Grade
- Apprentice Business Administrator
- Contract
- Apprenticeship: 21 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 318-25-T0497
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cheltenham General Hospital- Oncology Department
- Town
- Cheltenham
- Salary
- £14,762.99 (pro rata if part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Apprentice Business Administrator
Apprentice Business Administrator
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the largest employer in the county, we’re proud to provide outstanding acute, elective, and specialist services to over 650,000 people across our county. Whether you’re just beginning your NHS journey or taking the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing in innovation, research, and transformation, with over 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our two district hospitals.
You can expect a welcoming and supportive culture and you’ll be supported by passionate colleagues who care deeply about teamwork, development, and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring, and leadership opportunities to help you grow in your career. Gloucestershire has the perfect mix of culture, countryside, and community. With excellent schools, transport links, and access to award-winning green spaces, it’s a great place to live and work.
We value the diversity of our workforce and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels they belong.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity will be available for an Apprentice Business Administrator in Oncology.
The role will start mid October.
The Apprentice will support the work of the Gloucestershire Oncology Department at Cheltenham General Hospital. The role supports the administration team to deliver excellent patient care for our service line.
The teams across the service line consist of Medical Secretaries, Clerical Officers and Receptionists, reporting to the Supervisor Secretary for the Department.
The team provides a detailed and customer focused administrative service, with strong technical support across a variety of systems used to support administration processes at the Trust.
The Apprentice will be given training in all areas including IT systems, and will having ongoing supervision and support in order to become an effective team member.
The Apprentice will spend time in each area of the department and service line, to gain a wide range of skill development and provide administration support.
The successful applicant will receive Induction and training appropriate to the activities he or she will undertake, and following this induction period will be enrolled to the Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship with our Training Provider.
Main duties of the job
To undertake training as required and agreed with the mentor, supervisor and external assessor, and complete competencies relevant to the work area / department.
To support and gain experience within the following admin duties on both hospital sites on a rotational basis:
- Taking / making telephone calls which will include dialogue with hospital colleagues and patients
Accurate message taking and delivery to relevant personnel
- Prepping of on-line patient records
- Collecting/ordering and prepping of patient case-notes as required
- Producing clinic lists for clinicians
- Scanning of documents and on-line filing
- Processing incoming and outgoing correspondence
- Training in reception desk duties
- Audio typing of dictated letters and processing of actions within dictations
- Processing of voice recognition software for the purpose of clinic letters
- Taking minutes of meetings and distributing accordingly
- Archiving of health records and documents
- Attending and participating in team meetings
- Daily use of the in-house computer programmes; eg Trak and Infoflex
The Apprentice will also be expected to undertake any appropriate duties or tasks commensurate with the role, as required by the supervisor or manager.
Working for our organisation
We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.
With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Grade D (3) in English and Maths, or equivalent (e.g. Functional Skills Level 1 in Literacy and Numeracy)
Desirable criteria
- GCSE Grade C/4 or above in English and Maths or equivalent Functional Skills Level 2 in Literacy and Numeracy
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to answer and make phone calls professionally
Desirable criteria
- Office or customer facing skills / experience
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Able to understand and be understood in circumstances where there may be barriers to understanding
- High levels of concentration for long periods of time
- Communicate effectively with a range of people
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jennifer Wike
- Job title
- Administration Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 4029
- Additional information
Laura Moore - Supervisor Secretary
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