RIK Admin Support Officer - Clinical Team

NHS National Services Scotland; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland in the United Kingdom seeks an Administrative Assistant to support the R&D Lead Nurse and nursing team within NHS Fife. You will deliver efficient administrative support, coordinating activities and acting as the front-line contact for departmental enquiries.

The role requires excellent organisational, communication and IT skills, with NHS experience advantageous but training provided. A fixed-term/secondment opportunity is available, with pre-employment UK right-to-work checks.

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational, communication and IT skills.
• Experience in an administrative role within a busy office environment.
• Knowledge of research or NHS environment advantageous but not essential; training provided.

Responsibilities

• Provide an effective administrative service across a busy R&D team.
• Be the initial key point of contact for all enquiries to the Department and support the R&D Lead Nurse and nursing team.

Skills

Administrative support

Organisational skills

IT skills

Communication

Tools

MS Office

NHS systems

Job description

We require an administrative assistant to help the R&D Lead Nurse and the nursing team to support Research & Development activity within NHS Fife. You will be required to provide an effective administrative service across a busy and diverse team delivering efficient support and coordination.

You will be a key member of the team as the initial key point of contact / liaison for all enquiries to the Department. You will be expected to support the R&D Lead Nurse and the R&D nursing team, enabling them to deliver across a broad programme of research activities.

It is essential you have excellent organisational, communication and IT skills. Knowledge of research and / or working within the NHS would be advantageous but not essential, as training will be provided.

You must also have a relevant experience in an administrative role within a busy office environment.

For informal enquiries please contact Karen Gray, Lead Nurse, Research & Development Department on 07867 331576 or e-mail: [e-mail]

Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity –

Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.

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.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

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.

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