Administration Clerk | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Tameside & Glossop NHS FT; South Dakota; On-site; USD 33,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS Pension Scheme

Annual leave and holidays

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Administration Clerk to provide essential clerical support within Community Healthcare. The role links healthcare professionals with service users, handling IT tasks, data input, mail, records, and switchboard duties, while ensuring confidentiality and compliance with data protection rules.

The successful candidate will work as part of a team, cover colleagues on leave if needed, and may support off-site services.

Qualifications

• Clerical duties and general office skills.
• Proficiency with standard software (Word, Excel, email).
• Ability to input data accurately and manage records.

Responsibilities

• Provide a full range of clerical tasks to Healthcare Professionals.
• Use patient administration system to book appointments.
• Manage mail, filing and records, and switchboard duties.
• Support off-site services as required.
• Contribute to team operations and meet deadlines.

Skills

Clerical skills

IT skills

Data entry

Telephone switchboard

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Email

Patient administration system

Job description

Administration Clerk | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Administration Clerk: Band 2 - Permanent (37.5 hours)

The clerical officer is the link between the health care professional and service users who utilise the services within community healthcare. The role of clerical officer is not to give medical advice but to refer on to a health care professional or relevant service. Any other duties as appropriate to the grade. This job description is issued as a guideline to help you understand the duties you will be initially expected to undertake. It may be changed from time to time to meet new working requirements after discussion between you and your manager. Along with the designated tasks the successful candidate will acquire an understanding of the duties and responsibilities of colleagues to become an active and proficient member of staff.

Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role isunfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorshipunder the UK Health and Care Worker/Skilled visa route. This is due to the position not meeting theminimum salary threshold of £25,000/£41,700 per annumand/or the requiredskill levelset by UK Visas and Immigration.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have theright to work in the UK.

Provide a full range of clerical tasks to Healthcare Professionals.

Have a variety of IT skills to be able to use spreadsheets, word processing, e-mails and basic keyboard skills.

To use the patient administration system to book patient appointments. General office management skills such as filing/management of records and switchboard/telephone duties.

You may be required to provide administration support for services being provided off site.

To work as part of a team and to carry out tasks set by the administrator/line manager.

To be conversant with all of the services offered within Community Healthcare.

To process incoming and outgoing mail.

To undertake data inputting ensuring deadlines are met as set by the administrator/line manager.

Knowledge of Data Protection Act, patient confidentiality, risk management and health and safety procedures.

To attend all Mandatory Training e.g. Fire Lectures, Manual Handling, Basic Life Support & Risk Management.

To undertake waste management and energy saving procedures in accordance with trust policy and to assist with the collation of monthly waste management statistics as directed by the administrator/line manager.

To support the administrator/line manager in the smooth running of the services provided by the community healthcare setting.

Clerical officers are expected to cover at their own and other community facilities during annual leave and sickness absences.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

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 Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

This advert closes on Thursday 19 Nov 2026