223899 Clinical Admin Team Lead (EG) CP50

NHS Lothian; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Edinburgh is seeking a full-time Clinical Administration Team Lead to oversee the clinical administration team at Western General Hospital. The role involves managing clinical waiting time targets, training staff, and ensuring high-quality administration. Candidates should have excellent communication and organizational skills, along with experience in administrative services. This position requires accuracy, attention to detail, and the ability to handle a demanding workload.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering a high-quality administration service.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and sound administrative skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the clinical administration team within Medical Physics.
• Monitor administration systems for clinical waiting time targets.
• Organize workload and delegate tasks to the team.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

IT skills

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to lead the clinical administration team within the department of Medical Physics.

We are looking for a full-time Clinical Administration Team Lead to contribute to the management of the departments clinical waiting time targets by monitoring administration systems and responsible for training the team when implementing changes to these systems to ensure all patients achieve their agreed waiting times. You will work closely with the administration manager to support the senior management team within Medical Physics, both in the operational and performance management of their clinical administrative services.

We are looking for a reliable, well organised, and highly motivated individual to lead the clinical administration service based at Western General Hospital. You will need experience of delivering a high-quality administration service, be conscientious with the ability to work under pressure and be able to plan & coordinate a demanding workload in order to meet strict deadlines. The nature of the work requires accuracy, sensitivity, and confidentiality.

Excellent communication skills are essential as is the ability to liaise with senior managers, clinical team members and patients. You will be responsible for the organisation of your own workload and delegating decisions/actions to a team of clinical administrators. Candidates will also need to demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team and be able to appropriately prioritise workload with the needs of the service.

Candidates will need to demonstrate exceptional attention to detail and sound administrative and typing skills. They will need to be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, be organised and possess excellent IT skills.

If you would like to find out more about the role or the department, please contact Becca Telford, Administration Manager email: [e-mail]

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.