# Hospice Administrator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** Harrow
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** Inclusive of HCAS pro rata - per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Only candidates with the legal Right to Work in UK will be considered for this role.
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (to include weekend working as part of 1:7 rota)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-01T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-17T12:51:31.762Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Ealing/London_North_West_University_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Specialist_Palliative_Care/Specialist_Palliative_Care-v8091185
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8091185?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Here is an exciting opportunity to join the administrative team of Meadow House Hospice to support the delivery of specialist Palliative Care to the people of Ealing and Hounslow .  This is a full time role that will involve weekend working on a 1:7 rota.

We are looking for a confident ,highly motivated and  enthusiastic individual who has significant  experience of working in administrative roles within a healthcare or similar environment.

They must have the ability  to work independently, have strong decision making skills, and manage a very busy front of house and be flexible to cover a wide range of administrative tasks.

### Main duties of the job

### Main duties of the job

Excellent communication skills are required due to the nature of this post and the need to interface with the services senior management team, medical professionals and the community nursing teams.

This is a challenging role and would suit someone able to work in a multi-disciplinary environment on their own initiative with minimal supervision.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

## Job Details

Here is an exciting opportunity to join the administrative team of Meadow House Hospice to support the delivery of specialist Palliative Care to the people of Ealing and Hounslow . This is a full time role that will involve weekend working on a 1:7 rota.

We are looking for a confident ,highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who has significant experience of working in administrative roles within a healthcare or similar environment.

They must have the ability to work independently, have strong decision making skills, and manage a very busy front of house and be flexible to cover a wide range of administrative tasks.

## Job Description

Excellent communication skills are required due to the nature of this post and the need to interface with the services senior management team, medical professionals and the community nursing teams.

This is a challenging role and would suit someone able to work in a multi-disciplinary environment on their own initiative with minimal supervision.

## Responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge and experience

**Essential**

- Administration experience
- Experience of managing reception
- Experience of working in an NHS environment or healthcare environment
- Knowledge and understanding of patient confidentiality
- Knowledge and experience of handling sensitive data
- Knowledge and understanding equal opportunities.
- Knowledge and experience of using clinical databases or patient administration systems
- Knowledge and experience of securely managing patient sensitive data

**Desirable**

- Experience or knowledge of working in specialist palliative care or hospice environment

### Education/ Qualifications

**Essential**

- 1. GCSE, NVQ 3 or equivalent

### Skills, abilities and attributes

**Essential**

- Accurate data entry skills
- Ability to understand the need for confidentiality
- Ability to work on your own with minimal supervision and as part of a team
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload and meet deadlines
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing
- Ability to work under pressure and cope with emergencies in a calm manner
- Ability to always deal with matters in confidence and with diplomacy
- Ability to work as part of rota to include weekend working.

**Desirable**

- Experience or knowledge of working in specialist palliative care or hospice environment

## Documents

- [heart values (pdf, 158.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2615)
- [guidance for applying (pdf, 914.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1549)
- [hospice administrator (pdf, 344.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10384478)

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