# Administrative Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Primary Care Careers.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Primary Care Careers
- **Town:** Bury St Edmunds
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Salary:** £12.71

                    an hour
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-24T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-21T14:04:30.214Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/M0038-26-0659?employerCode=M0038
- **Application URL:** https://vacancies.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/vacancies/29789/administrative-assistant.html

## Job Content

### Job summary

Due to growing administration needs in the practice, Blandford Medical Centre in Braintree is looking for a full-time administrative assistant to join our team for four or five days per week (37.5 hours), Monday to Friday.

### Main duties of the job

The role of an administration assistant will include but is not limited to the following tasks:

- Processing all correspondence that comes to the practice
- Updating medical records
- Sending and supporting referrals
- Subject access requests
- Filing and coding
- Updating patient demographics
- Supporting patients with online access
- Summarising
- Medical records and insurance documentation
- Telephone queries
- Overseeing and allocating outstanding tasks
- Updating the non-patient data

### About us

The doctors and staff at Blandford Medical Centre are proud to offer the highest standard of patient care to our list of 17,500 patients. Our dedicated team are here to treat minor ailments as well as providing specialist management of long-term conditions and clinics covering a wide range of healthcare issues. We are a SystmOne practice.

### Details

- Date posted: 21 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £12.71 an hour
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 29789
- Job locations: Mace Avenue, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2AE, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

## Person Specification

### We would welcome applications from organised, adaptable and friendly individuals who are keen to help us provide high levels of customer service. Applicants should have the following skills and experience:

**Essential**

- Experience of a GP practice and coding is essential
- Experience of a GP practice and Systm One is essential.
- Good IT, time management and organisational skills
- Ability to communicate effectively, working in a confidential and discreet manner
- Ability to multi-task, work efficiently and maintain a high level of attention to detail, when under pressure
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as independently

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