# Daycare Unit Administrator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** James Paget University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrator
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06T08:29:49.960Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Great_Yarmouth/James_Paget_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Surgical_Division/Surgical_Division-v8296945
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8296945?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fulltime administrator to join our Reception/Ward clerk team within Daycare Unit.

This is a highly diverse, demanding but rewarding role. The successful candidate will be a confident individual who thrives on challenge and a high workload. You must be organised, have the ability to work under your own initiative and able to prioritise a competing workload.

Applicants must have a flexible approach to working practices to meet the needs of the service and have administrative experience.

### Main duties of the job

You will be joining a dedicated administrative team that supports patient care within the clinical outpatient environment and provides a focal point for receiving patients, relatives and carers attending for an outpatient appointment.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a more detailed description and main responsibilities of this position.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Good keyboard/IT skills with the ability to accurately input data
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Good organisational/time management skills with the ability to demonstrate intiative when balancing work demands
- Ability to work in a pressurised working environment with frequent interruptions
- ood communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with patients, relatives and other staff groups

### Experience

**Essential**

- Basic knowledge of the Receptionist role
- Knowledge of the importance of confidentiality and data protection issues in a healthcare environment

**Desirable**

- Experience of working with the general public
- Experience of working with clinical teams (
- Experience of working with NHS IT systems

### Education and Qualifications

**Essential**

- 4 GCSE's grade D or above including mathematics and English or equivalent e.g. level 2 literacy and numeracy qualifications

**Desirable**

- NVQ 2 in Customer Care or administration experience including recent face to face working with the general public

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