# Doctors Administrative Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/doctors-administrative-assistant/0d281b45-7feb-4193-8c58-4b75869cd0e5
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/doctors-administrative-assistant/0d281b45-7feb-4193-8c58-4b75869cd0e5.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Southampton
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Per annum - pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (9 month maternity cover)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-31T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-20T11:30:30.754Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8167653
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8167653?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for the detailed job description of the role.

### Main duties of the job

We are looking for a competent, self-motivated and professional individual. As a flexible team player you will have excellent communication skills and a strong ability to work accurately to tight deadlines. NHS experience is desirable.

You will need to have excellent attention to detail, ideally some medical terminology knowledge and experience in a busy demanding medical environment. You will need to be able to communicate with staff at all levels to ensure information and data quality meets their needs.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- This role is pivotal in working with the multi-disciplinary teams within the Cancer Care wards. Helping to co-ordinate inpatient pathways. To help optimise inpatient bed flow.
- To input this data to DWL and initiate an e-Discharge summary with findings and support inpatient team as knowledge grows.
- To work collaboratively with other health care professions to ensure all relevant information is captured for coding purposes. As well as this to keep continuity within a team which is changing regularly.
- To input and check all patient data is correct utilising Trust systems and reports and to facilitate the compliance of correct data for each patient to ensure that a co-ordinated and streamlined administrative process revolves around the patient and their individual needs.
- To provide effective help during ward rounds to ensure efficient patient care.

## Person Specification

### Trust Values

**Essential**

- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together

### Qualifications, knowledge and experience

**Essential**

- NVQ 3 In Business Administration or equivalent relevant experience
- RSA 2 word processing / typing or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of basic medical terminology
- Experience in a busy and demanding medical environment
- Experience of working under high pressure and to deadlines
- Admin experience within a customer focused environment

**Desirable**

- e-Camis Trained
- Knowledge of Doctors Work List, Edocs, PACs, eQuest
- Experience working in the NHS with associated IT systems

## Documents

- [job description & person specification (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10469417)

## Agent Notes

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