Clinical Administrator

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Chorley; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization is seeking a Clinical Administrator to provide comprehensive administrative support within the Chorley Admin Hub. The role requires strong organizational and interpersonal skills, as well as experience in an office environment. Ideal candidates will have qualifications in English and Maths, along with excellent computer skills. The position offers flexibility in working hours to promote work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Positive work/life balance

Qualifications

• Experience working in an office environment.
• Experience working with members of the public.
• Excellent computer skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive reception and administration service.
• Work flexibly in response to the administrative service needs.
• Coordinate activities with other members of the Business Administration Team.

Skills

Good grammar and numeracy skills

Excellent telephone manner

Education

Qualifications in English, Maths and Word Processing

Tools

Microsoft Office applications

Databases

Job description

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Administrator

The closing date is 01 December 2025

The post holder will provide a comprehensive administration and information service across the Central & West Network, coordinating their activities with other members of the Business Administration Team to ensure that an efficient and confidential service is provided.

The post holder will be aligned to Chorley Admin Hub based at Chorley Health Centre and is required to work flexibly in response to the needs of the Locality's administrative service. They will be required to provide cover to departments at Coppull Clinic, Adlington Clinic and Eccleston HC as directed by their administration line manager, to ensure continuity of a quality reception and admin service provision.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have a good standard of education with qualifications in English, Maths and Word Processing. Excellent computer skills are required. One of the primary purposes of this role is to provide a comprehensive reception and administration service and therefore administration experience is essential in order to provide a professional service to the clinical teams. Experience of dealing with people is also essential, as are excellent interpersonal and customer care skills. It is essential that the post holder has good organisational and communication skills. The post holder will be required to work both as part of a team and on their own initiative.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Knowledge

• Working with Microsoft Office applications
• Working with databases

Experience

• Working in an office environment
• Working with members of the public

Skills

• Good grammar and numeracy skills
• Good grammar and numeracy skills
• Excellent telephone manner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust