# Higher Clerical Officer (Breast Screening) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/higher-clerical-officer-breast-screening/b41b94a7-ad79-4fc6-b488-d3007af8d791 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/higher-clerical-officer-breast-screening/b41b94a7-ad79-4fc6-b488-d3007af8d791.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Canterbury - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-13T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-06T15:52:00.879Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Canterbury/East_Kent_Hospitals_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Support_Services/Clinical_Support_Services-v8135360 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8135360?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Breast Screening and Imaging Department are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic, dynamic and competent individual to join their innovative, forward thinking, passionate team who strive to ensure patient care is at the forefront of our service. As part of the role the post holder will some undertake secretarial duties, some data entry functions and close monitoring of patients’ pathways. The ideal candidate will be diligent, motivated and attentive with experience of managing their own workload but also able to work as part of a close team. Please note previous candidates need not apply. PLEASE NOTE - WE CANNOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. If you hold a Graduate/Post Study work visa, you will only be able to work this role fixed term until the expiry date of your visa. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will be part of the trust wide Radiology team and will manage the day to day responsibilities for booking patients from the waiting list and maximising capacity utilisation as well as undertaking reception and other administration duties within the Kent and Canterbury Breast Screening  Unit. The post holder will be expected to provide a flexible resource to support teams in the provision of services.  This includes organisation of own and other team members work.  Duties may include contact with front line service users, members of the public and other external stakeholders. This post will include organisation and maintenance of effective systems (paper based and electronic). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’. If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent communication: written and verbal - Ability to prioritise and organise own workload - IT skills: Keyboard skills, ability to use spread sheets, preparation of documents to high quality using WORD - Accuracy – pays attention to detail **Desirable** - Ability to track information - To develop new skills and contribute to the improvement of the service provided ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, Access and internal systems. - Understanding of the Data Protection Act 1998 **Desirable** - Understanding of patient pathways - Knowledge of the Patient Administration Systems ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 2 years administration experience - Experience in customer facing role - Experience of formal minute taking **Desirable** - Experience of NHS/Health Care environment - Working in and for a team ### Qualifications **Essential** - Basic numeracy & literacy (Maths and English) qualifications GCSE or equivalent - RSA / NVQ 3 or equivalent ### Other requirements **Essential** - Upholds and models the Trust values ## Documents - [application pack (pdf, 635.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10433292) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 570.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10433291) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.