# Cancer Directorate Administrative Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cancer-directorate-administrative-assistant/eb4ab70e-df41-4ab9-a1fb-92aa80765650 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cancer-directorate-administrative-assistant/eb4ab70e-df41-4ab9-a1fb-92aa80765650.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Cambridge - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 p.a. pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid role - Onsite and Homeworking. Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered.) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-22T10:51:24.206Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/Cambridge_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Division_Cancer_Directorate/Division_Cancer_Directorate-v8091989 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8091989?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self‑motivated individual to join the Cancer Directorate, providing high‑quality administrative support. We are seeking a well‑organised team player with excellent communication skills, who thrives in a busy, challenging yet rewarding environment. You should demonstrate a positive approach to change and be highly motivated to work both effectively and efficiently. In this role, you will support departmental operations by preparing and circulating meeting agendas, taking accurate minutes, and ensuring timely follow‑up of agreed actions. You will manage shared inboxes, including coordinating room booking requests, and act as a key point of contact for day‑to‑day enquiries. The postholder will also process invoices, support the raising of purchase orders, and provide general administrative support across the department to ensure smooth and efficient service delivery. This is a hybrid role, incorporating a combination of onsite and home working. ### Main duties of the job To provide a professional, effective and efficient administrative and secretarial service to the Cancer Directorate and associated specialties/teams and its users including patients, relatives and colleagues. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities. As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position. Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -       applied for a Graduate visa -       or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment This vacancy will close at midnight on 5th July 2026. Interviews are due to be held on 16th July 2026. Benefits to you At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff. On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH. CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times. Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self‑motivated individual to join the Cancer Directorate, providing high‑quality administrative support. We are seeking a well‑organised team player with excellent communication skills, who thrives in a busy, challenging yet rewarding environment. You should demonstrate a positive approach to change and be highly motivated to work both effectively and efficiently. In this role, you will support departmental operations by preparing and circulating meeting agendas, taking accurate minutes, and ensuring timely follow‑up of agreed actions. You will manage shared inboxes, including coordinating room booking requests, and act as a key point of contact for day‑to‑day enquiries. The postholder will also process invoices, support the raising of purchase orders, and provide general administrative support across the department to ensure smooth and efficient service delivery. This is a hybrid role, incorporating a combination of onsite and home working. ## Job Description To provide a professional, effective and efficient administrative and secretarial service to the Cancer Directorate and associated specialties/teams and its users including patients, relatives and colleagues. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities. As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position. Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: - applied for a Graduate visa - or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment This vacancy will close at midnight on 5th July 2026. Interviews are due to be held on 16th July 2026. Benefits to you At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff. On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH. CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times. Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to work as part of a team - Excellent verbal and written communication skills including telephone, email, face to face - Good organisational and time management skills - Ability to organise and manage own time keeping, to schedule and deadlines - Ability to allocate and monitor work of others - Ability to use own initiative and work autonomously - Ability to demonstrate leadership skills - Willing to take on/learn new skills - Ability to show attention to detail and accuracy - Ability to adapt to change - Ability to work under pressure with competing demands - Ability to store and safeguard confidential documents **Desirable** - Ability to touch type - Ability to requisition general stock ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of confidentiality and data protection - Sound knowledge of office procedures - Understanding of customer service - Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages **Desirable** - Knowledge of the Trust including awareness of priorities - Knowledge of Trust information systems - Knowledge of Medical Terminology - Awareness of NHS targets and Trust priorities ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable level of leadership and administrative experience at a high level of competence - Demonstrable experience of working in a small team environment - Experience of working in a busy office environment or reception service - Secretarial and /or administrative experience including minute taking - Prioritising, planning and organising own tasks - Working within guidelines - Experience of dealing with difficult situations and confrontations - Data entry experience and documentation - Experience of IT packages – such as MS Co-Pilot and Office 365, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access - Experience of producing documents to a high standard - Adaptable and flexible in their approach to working and able to cope under pressure - Proven experience of providing administrative support to senior members of staff - Strong administrative management skills including effective communication, team working and negotiation skills **Desirable** - Previous experience of working in NHS ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to NVQ Level 4 or equivalent experience in Customer Service/Business Admin/ITQ in a relevant subject or equivalent previous proven experience ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent. ## Documents - [applicant information pack (docx, 221.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10394827) - [completing your application - information for applicants (pdf, 222.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10394826) ## 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.