Job requirements
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Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Previous administrative experience or equivalent
- Experience
Experience working as part of a team
- Experience
Experience with Microsoft Office
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent telephone manner
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent customer care skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to work autonomously, coordinate and prioritise
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to problem solve and cope under pressure
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to liaise with other staff and departments
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to work as a team in a multidisciplinary environment
- Knowledge and Skills
Understanding of the need for confidentiality
- Education, Qualifications and Training
GCSE English Language (grade C or above)
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Clerical/office administration experience within a healthcare environment
Job overview
The Cardiac Investigation Unit (CIU) at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an Admin Assistant to join their team.
As a CIU Admin Assistant you will be part of a forward thinking team, assisting in providing an administrative service including responding to patients and staff face to face and via telephone, answering emails and booking tests and appointments that come from internal and external referrers.
The CIU is a department that supports with diagnostic tests that aid the patient journey.
If you are interested, please make contact to arrange an informal chat or visit.
Main duties of the job
To provide an excellent administration service within the Cardiac Investigation Unit.
To deal with telephone inquiries in a polite, helpful and courteous manner whilst making sure that patient confidentiality is maintained.
To assist in the CIU administrators in managing referrals and booking of patients for investigations.
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Cardiac Investigation Unit Admin Assistant with Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust in Salisbury, England. It is listed as a Administrative assistant role. The advertised salary is £25272.00. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term). The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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