Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of administration practices
- Experience
Previous experience of working in an administrative capacity
- Experience
Previous experience of working in a team
- Qualifications
Level 2 qualifications in numeracy and literacy
- Qualifications
NVQ level 3 or equivalent in administration or care
- Qualifications
ECDL or evidence of ability to use databases, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft word
- Qualifications
Full UK Driving Licence
- Knowledge, skills and Experience
Evidence of building positive relationships and partnerships with clients
- Knowledge, skills and Experience
Able to use Microsoft Windows based programs
- Knowledge, skills and Experience
Able to concentrate when subject to unpredictable working patterns
- Knowledge, skills and Experience
Evidence of good organisational skills
- Knowledge, skills and Experience
Able to deal with enquiries or take clear and full messages when callers need to be referred.
- Knowledge, skills and Experience
Able to provide positivism and enthusiasm in support of the team
- Knowledge, skills and Experience
Able to manage and prioritise own work load to meet deadlines
- Knowledge, skills and Experience
Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with issues
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
The Medical Device Governance Team is looking to recruit a Band 3 Administration Assistant with a positive attitude and is a motivated team player to join our small friendly department.
Should you not meet all the criteria for the post, please do not be deterred. Development of a suitable individual would be considered, working as a band 2 during a period of academic or experiential learning with guaranteed progression to a band 3 on successful completion of the agreed pathway.
The successful candidate will be required to visit clinical areas, establish relationships with the staff and assist and support them in achieving medical device training compliance as well as helping with retrieving and reporting faulty devices with the support of the team.
A full UK driving licence is required for this role.
Main duties of the job
- You will be responsible for maintaining a database of training records for clinical teams, extracting data, producing reports and monitoring targets.
- The role is a combination of office-based duties and visits to clinical areas to deliver training compliance reports.
- You will be organising training events alongside the clinical training team, including room booking, provision of audio-visual aids, taking attendance bookings, monitoring attendance and escalating information to managers as required.
- You will need to be a car driver as the role requires work on all sites as well as with the community teams.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
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.
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This advert is for Medical Device Service Assistant with Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Oldham, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Assistant role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 08 Sep 2026.
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