# CAO / Fail Safe Officer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cao-fail-safe-officer/d876d83d-bc62-49dd-8ad6-d3ab8d9f5c86
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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Chesterfield Royal Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Officer (discipline unspecified)
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06T14:27:15.022Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Chesterfield/Chesterfield_Royal_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Administrative_Officer_Fail_Safe_Officer/Clinical_Administrative_Officer_Fail_Safe_Officer-v8347217
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8347217?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Clinical Administrative Officers (CAOs) provide a range of administrative support services to a group of consultant medical staff and/or other senior members of Division teams.

They are expected to have advanced skills commensurate with their responsibilities.

They will work substantially independently, providing support of the highest quality, and taking leadership in their professional areas. Working as a member of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) the post holder will provide a robust, efficient and high quality failsafe system for the breast cancer patients.

### Main duties of the job

This is a full-time role, and the working patterns are set and are as follows:

- Mondays and Fridays – Clinical Administrator Officer Duties
- Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursday – Fail Safe Officer Duties

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for the full duties and responsibilities of the role.

### Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Good communication skills
- Good prioritisation and organisational skills
- Familiar with work based computer systems
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritising work to meet deadlines
- Good telephone manner

**Desirable**

- Previous waiting list experience
- Medical terminology
- Preparing agendas and minute taking

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working as part of a multi- disciplinary team
- Previous office/secretarial experience

**Desirable**

- Previous NHS experience
- Previous knowledge of hospital PAS systems

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Educated to GSCE standard (or equivalent), to include English grade C or above
- RSA III (or equivalent) Typing/Word Processing
- Familiar with Microsoft Office based computer packages, including email and internet

**Desirable**

- ECDL
- Shorthand skills
- Any office based training such as NVQ
- Medical terminology
- Audio typing RSA Stage II (or equivalent)

## Documents

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