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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
Band 3
Contract
12 months (Fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref
269-SFT9176
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/07/2025 23:59

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Lung Cancer Administrator

Band 3

Job overview

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read our job advert. 

Would you like to be part of a dynamic and welcoming team within the Respiratory Department here at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust? 

Do you enjoy being organised, like working as a team player whilst paying attention to detail and take pride in providing the best administrative service that you can?  Can you communicate well at all levels and demonstrate care and empathy to our patients and colleagues?  If so please read on...

We are looking to recruit a new member to join our team as the Lung Cancer Administrator for a fixed term period of 12 months.  

This role will give you the opportunity to provide non-clinical and administrative support to the Lung Clinical Nurse Specialists and where needed, support to be provided to the Lung Cancer Pathway Navigator.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of facilities to staff including an on-site nursery, gym facilities, swimming pool, fitness classes, flexible working and places a high emphasis on the well-being of the staff who work for the Trust.

If this sounds interesting to you, please do apply for this role.  We will look forward to receiving your application. 

 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide non-clinical and administrative support to the Lung Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) in the form of technical and administrative skills in the delivery of the service.  The post holder will be accountable for their actions and need to work independently using their own initiative, reporting to the Admin Team Leader/Operational Manager.

 

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 
 
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

When necessary, the Lung Cancer Administrator will provide support to the Lung Cancer Pathway Navigator.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for a more detailed over-view of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE Maths and English level A-C or equivalent grading
  • Excellent planning and organisational skills · Ability to manage own workload · Ability to plan ahead taking into account the clinic schedules and equipment needs for the service · Ability to communicate/ negotiate with multiple practitioners to achieve an Outcome · Excellent Communication skills · Ability to work in a team as well as independently · Ability to multitask · Ability to take initiative
  • Ability to analyse complex data · Ability to problem solve and formulate solutions · Ability to know own limits and refer on to Registered Practitioner. · Some manual handling of stock · Keyboard skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024People Promise

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
Melanie McDonough
Job title
Admin Team Leader - Respiratory Department
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722 336262
Additional information

01722 336262 Ext 3285

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