Assistant Programme Administrator | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

ESHT; Hastings; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Hastings is looking for an Assistant Programme Administrator to support the Programme Administrator and provide administrative assistance to medical students and Foundation Year 1 doctors. Key responsibilities include organizing teaching programs, induction support, and overall administrative tasks. The role includes a range of staff benefits such as NHS pension scheme enrollment, and onsite facilities.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Access to onsite nurseries

Free psychological support

Responsibilities

• Assistance with the organisation of the centralised teaching programme.
• Induction support for medical students and doctors in training.
• Sign-posting of resident doctors and handling queries.

Job description

Overview

The post of Assistant Programme Administrator will be mainly supporting our Programme Administrator. That will be all admin support for medical students and Foundation Year 1 doctors in training at our Conquest Hospital site (1 wte). It will also entail Front of House support.

Responsibilities

• Assistance with the organisation of the centralised teaching programme
• Induction support
• Sign‑posting of resident doctors
• Careers Evening support
• ARCP/sign‑off admin support
• Front of House including AV/room set‑up and tear‑down
• LED doctors support
• Foundation Programme support
• Clinical attachments and dealing with queries from resident doctors and LEDs

Benefits

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto‑enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries, staff restaurants and accommodation. In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

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This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025.