Infection prevention service administrator

NHS; Stockport; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stockport is seeking an Administration Assistant for its Infection Prevention & Control service. The role involves providing comprehensive administrative support, managing appointments, and ensuring confidentiality. Candidates should have a good general education, familiarity with Microsoft Office, and experience in customer care. The position offers a permanent full-time contract, competitive salary, and benefits like annual leave and NHS pension scheme membership.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Good general education to GCSE level or equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Awareness of patient confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative support to the IPC service team.
• Contribute to administrative system standardisation.
• Assist with IPC meetings, note-taking, and follow-up actions.

Skills

Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office

Education

Good general level of academic education to GCSE level

ECDL qualification or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

The post holder is an integral part of the Infection Prevention & Control service team, providing administration duties, maintaining IPC supplies, stock ordering, liaising and interacting with other healthcare professionals, patients relatives and staff and signposting people to the appropriate member of staff. The post holder will assist and prepare for regular IPC meetings and support the note taking and follow up actions as required. The post holder will maintain up to date and accurate team diaries which include making appointments, arranging meetings, events and venues.

Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative support to the IPC service team
• Contribute to the standardisation of administrative systems and processes within the IPC service
• Assist and prepare for regular IPC meetings and support the note taking and follow up actions as required
• Undertake filing duties and inputting of data around the service needs
• Complete other general administration duties as required by the team such as printing, managing the IPC service mailbox, post, answering telephone calls and taking messages
• Organise and prioritise own workload daily to ensure time deadlines are met and urgent work accommodated
• Maintain confidentiality of all information relating to patients and staff gained through your employment within the organisation
• Order goods/stationary using inhouse supply chain and unit 4 ordering system
• Book travel/hotel accommodation via the business system
• Comply with trust policies for personal and patient safety and for prevention of healthcare associated infections, including rigorous and consistent compliance with policies, procedures and guidelines in relation to all aspects of infection prevention

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Good general level of academic education to GCSE level as a minimum or equivalent experience
• ECDL qualification or equivalent (Desirable)

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Working knowledge of office procedures (filing, post, record keeping etc.)
• Awareness of concept of confidentiality in relation to healthcare
• Knowledge of NHS data quality standards (Desirable)

Experience

• Working within a team/service
• Clerical/administration support experience
• Customer Care Experience
• Experience of dealing with the public
• Experience of using Advantis (Desirable)

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Benefits

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union - for local financial advice

Employment Details

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 3

Salary: £24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Date posted: 19 December 2025

Reference number: 362-A-25-7671641

Job locations:

• Cedar House, Stepping Hill Hospital
• Poplar Grove
• Hazel Grove, Stockport
• SK2 7JE

About Us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Employer Details

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Cedar House, Stepping Hill Hospital

Poplar Grove

Hazel Grove, Stockport

SK2 7JE