Administrator - Therapies Outpatients Services
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Ipswich, IP4 5PD
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
10 September 2026
6 days left
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and forward thinking Administrator within our Integrated Therapies administrative team. You ...
Acting as the first point of contact for patients, carers, clinicians and external agencies, responding to telephone, email and face-to-face enquiries in a professional and compassionate manner.
Managing patient appointments using Epic, including booking, cancelling, rescheduling and maintaining clinic utilisation.
Coordinating patient pathways from referral through to discharge, ensuring actions are completed accurately and within agreed timescales. Monitoring referrals, work queues and electronic tasks, escalating issues where appropriate.
Supporting clinicians with the maintenance of electronic patient records and administrative aspects of patient care.
Producing correspondence, clinic letters, reports and other documentation using Microsoft Office and Trust systems
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
- NVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Previous administrative role
- Working collaboratively as part of a team
- Advanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
- Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
Desirable
- NHS Experience
- Experience within relevant work area
- Experience of working with members of the public
- Supervision/co-ordination of other team members
Knowledge
Essential
- Confidentiality and Data Protection
- Customer service
Desirable
- NHS Knowledge of relevant work area
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
4 September 2026
Last checked
4 September 2026
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