264253 (SNIS) Admin Assistant

NHS Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS National Services Scotland invites applications for an admin receptionist role in the Radiology Department. You will support waiting lists and appointments, ensuring a high quality of service.

We welcome applicants who can work in a busy clinical environment, demonstrate good communication, and handle confidential information in line with NHS standards. The post is based in Edinburgh with typical NHS administrative hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide admin, reception, waiting list and appointment support ensuring a high quality of service throughout the Radiology Department.

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.

AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own.

• Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically.
• Use AI wisely: It’s fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don’t let it write your answers.
• Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements.

Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool.

JOB PURPOSE

To provide admin, reception, waiting list and appointment support ensuring a high quality of service throughout the Radiology Department.

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.

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.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact [e-mail]