# Administrative Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/administrative-assistant/e1638698-2e0d-42fe-86de-19ca70bb871e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/administrative-assistant/e1638698-2e0d-42fe-86de-19ca70bb871e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £30,630 - £32,346 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-02T10:01:10.841Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Sutton/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8126600 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8126600?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Olayan day Unit are seeking an enthusiastic Scheduling officer to help maintain the efficient scheduling of treatments in their medical day Unit at our Sutton site. This post is vital to the smooth running of the unit, you should possess excellent interpersonal, verbal communication and organisational skills. Keyboard/IT skills are essential, and hospital experience is desirable. The post is for 36.5 Hours a week Monday and Friday ; 09.00-17.00. For further information please contact Maxine Mew on Ext 1152 ### Main duties of the job The administrator is an integral member of the Day Care Unit team, under the supervision of the admin lead and sister’s of the Day Care Unit. The post holder will coordinate all administrative aspects of the Day Care Unit including reception duties, scheduling chemotherapy appointments, preparation of chemotherapy workflows, data collection, and clerical duties. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification: - Appointments, scheduling and capacity management. - To deal with all new patient chemotherapy referrals from clinicians, ensuring that the first chemotherapy treatment is scheduled within Cancer Waiting Times targets. - To liaise directly with the patient regarding their treatment, providing information and reassurance and managing patient expectations around the Day care unit experience. - To liaise with the clinical teams and nursing staff to prioritise the scheduling of new referrals. - To schedule all chemotherapy/supportive treatment on the Day Care Unit in line with local guidelines and protocols. ## Job Details The Olayan day Unit are seeking an enthusiastic Scheduling officer to help maintain the efficient scheduling of treatments in their medical day Unit at our Sutton site. This post is vital to the smooth running of the unit, you should possess excellent interpersonal, verbal communication and organisational skills. Keyboard/IT skills are essential, and hospital experience is desirable. The post is for 36.5 Hours a week Monday and Friday ; 09.00-17.00. For further information please contact Maxine Mew on Ext 1152 ## Job Description The administrator is an integral member of the Day Care Unit team, under the supervision of the admin lead and sister’s of the Day Care Unit. The post holder will coordinate all administrative aspects of the Day Care Unit including reception duties, scheduling chemotherapy appointments, preparation of chemotherapy workflows, data collection, and clerical duties. ## Responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification: Appointments, scheduling and capacity management. To deal with all new patient chemotherapy referrals from clinicians, ensuring that the first chemotherapy treatment is scheduled within Cancer Waiting Times targets. To liaise directly with the patient regarding their treatment, providing information and reassurance and managing patient expectations around the Day care unit experience. To liaise with the clinical teams and nursing staff to prioritise the scheduling of new referrals. To schedule all chemotherapy/supportive treatment on the Day Care Unit in line with local guidelines and protocols. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Understanding of working with patients who are critically and chronically ill - Willingness to learn admin functions **Desirable** - Experience of working in a healthcare environment ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Good general education **Desirable** - ELC (European Computer Driving Licence) or equivalent - NVQ Customer Care ### Special aptitudes and disposition **Essential** - Good interpersonal skills - Good organisational skills - Ability to work as part of a team - Ability to work under pressure ## Documents - [job features form (pdf, 128.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10423392) - [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360) - [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10423391) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.