Business Support Assistant

NHS National Services Scotland; Cupar; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS National Services Scotland is seeking a Business Support Assistant to join the Support Services Department at Stratheden Hospital, Cupar. The role requires prior administrative experience and competence with Microsoft Office, Pecos, and eFinancials to perform duties such as data entry, spreadsheet collation, and records maintenance.

Based at Stratheden Hospital, this part-time role involves hours across Monday to Friday with occasional travel to other sites in North East Fife.

Qualifications

• Previous administration experience.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages.
• Experience with Pecos and eFinancials.
• Data input, collation of spreadsheets, maintaining records.

Responsibilities

• Provide general administration support to the Support Services Department.
• Order and receipting goods for catering using Pecos and eFinancials.
• Input data and maintain spreadsheets and records.
• Input information on the SSTS payroll system and file management.
• Occasional travel to other hospital sites in North East Fife.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Data input

Record keeping

Administrative support

Tools

Pecos

eFinancials

SSTS

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Business Support Assistant to join the Support Services Department within Stratheden Hospital, Cupar.

The successful candidate should have previous administration experience with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages. You will be required to undertake general administration duties to support the Support Services Department such as; ordering and receipting goods for the catering department using Pecos and eFinancials, data inputting, collation of spreadsheets, maintaining accurate records, inputting information on SSTS (payroll system), filing and photocopying. This list is not exhaustive.

Based at Stratheden Hospital, hours are Monday – Friday, occasional travel to other hospital sites in North East Fife may be required. A degree of flexibility required to cover annual leave and sickness absence.

Hours are Monday 9am to 1.00pm, Tuesday 11am to 4pm, Wednesday 11am to 4pm, Thursday 11am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3.30pm

For informal enquiries, please contact Andrea Fearon on 01334 696309 Monday to Friday 9am to 4.00pm

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A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

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.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

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We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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.