Orthotic Receptionist/Clerical Assistant

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Rotherham seeks an Orthotic Receptionist/Clerical Assistant to join their team. This role involves providing essential administrative support to ensure quality care for service users. Candidates should have strong communication and organizational skills, alongside experience in a healthcare administration setting. This is a full-time position with a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the Data Protection Act.
• Recent experience working in a healthcare administration environment.
• Experience of using patient administration systems.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with the clinical team for patient appointments.
• Provide high quality administrative support to clinicians.
• Input orders and manage referrals.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Microsoft word processing

Spreadsheet usage

Teamwork

Education

GCSE English and Maths (Grade C or above)

Tools

Electronic Patient Record (EPR)

Data base management

Job description

Orthotic Receptionist/Clerical Assistant

The NHS is the largest employerin Europe. Its a world renowned institution and an exciting place to work,full of challenges and opportunities.An opportunity has arisen to work within theOrthotic team at Rotherham Foundation Trust, providing the administrativesupport to ensure that our service users receive quality care.The service is Allied Health Professional led (4 XOrthotists), and supported by an administrative team.The orthotic department treats a range ofconditions and supports many specialities across the trust.If you have great communication and organisationalskills and are looking for a varied role, this position would be perfect foryou.

Please note the interviews are on the 17th November 2025

Main duties of the job

As part of the OrthoticsAdministrative Team, the post holder will liaise closely with the clinical teamto ensure patients appointments are prepared in a timely manner, and willprovide high quality administrative support to the clinicians.The Administrator will play a key role in theefficient day to day activities of the running of the service. Tasks willinclude inputting orders, receipt of prescribed orthoses and responsible forthe registering and receiving of referrals.The post holder will have regular contact with arange of clinical and managerial staff, health care professionals and externalsuppliers. They will work closely with the Orthotists and the administrativeteam. The post is 30 hours per week, working Mon - Friday based at RotherhamHospital. The Orthotic Department is located in the new Pre-Op Assessment Unit near Busy Bees Nursery. Previous applicants need not apply.

About us

The RotherhamNHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving ourlocal population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act theright way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities ofRotherham

As a Trust weare on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart ofeverything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are thesecond most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as aplace to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagementoverall

But don't justtake our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations forour Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people andrecognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives ofpatients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improveour services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together.If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join uson our journey to excellence

Certificates of Sponsorship

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specificationfor the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

knowledge

• Knowledge of the Data Protection Act

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) Grade C (5) or above

Experience

• Recent experience of Microsoft word processing and spread sheet packages
• Experience in a system and /or information services setting
• Recent experience working in a healthcare administration environment
• Recent experience using a data base
• Experience of using patient administration system / Electronic Patient Record(EPR)
• Working with external Stakeholders
• Working as part of a team

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.