Clerical Officer

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent Band 2 Clerical Officer to join our admin and clerical team in Genetics based at the International Centre for Life.

The successful applicant will join a team who support Highly Specialised Neuromuscular Service, supporting our clinical teams in delivery of specialised care to our patients across the region and beyond.  This is a full-time post, Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and reliable individual to join our team.  Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills are essential.

• Interview Date Monday 12 January 2026
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and word processing skills.  The successful applicant will be required to work within a large multi-disciplinary team and be capable of managing a varied workload.

You should be familiar and confident with Microsoft Office packages and experience of working within the NHS would be advantageous.

We are committed to development of our staff so if you are interested in starting your career as an administrative professional within the NHS this could be just the position for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post holder will perform A variety of clerical duties within a team providing efficient and effective support to the clinical and admin teams in Genetics.
• Dealing with incoming and outgoing post.
• Managing referrals to the service, both paper and electronic.
• Production of clinic and other ad hoc patient letters.
• Dealing with telephone calls from the users of the departmental services.
• Daily postal duties.
• Print address labels for outside Hospitals as required, amend database of addresses as changes occur.
• Photocopying as required.
• General filing duties.
• Reception cover as required.
• Training Immunology staff to enable them to cover, when necessary, clerical duties within the department.