# Operations Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/operations-assistant/37565ad6-0283-4b8f-a7ae-258cbdf326b3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/operations-assistant/37565ad6-0283-4b8f-a7ae-258cbdf326b3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** King's Mill Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment also considered) - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week (on site only - working pattern to be agreed) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-17T08:31:00.698Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/SuttoninAshfield/Sherwood_Forest_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8095354 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8095354?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join the Women and Children’s team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as an Operations Assistant and play a key role in helping deliver efficient, high-quality patient care. This varied and rewarding role combines team leadership, operational coordination, data analysis and service improvement. You’ll supervise a team of Patient Pathway Coordinators, Clinical Typists and Records Assistants, helping ensure patients move smoothly through their care pathways and that the service consistently meets important quality and performance targets. You’ll work closely with clinicians, managers and wider Trust teams, supporting exciting service development projects, analysing performance data, coordinating meetings and producing reports, presentations and project plans. With plenty of opportunity to use your initiative, improve processes and make a real difference, this is an ideal role for an organised, motivated and confident individual who enjoys working with people, data and projects in a fast-paced NHS environment. ### Main duties of the job To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Ability to source, research and collate information including statistical data - Ability to work independently problem solving but as part of a wider team **Desirable** - To support service development and modernisation work within the division and participate in process mapping work-flows. ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE grade C or above in Maths & English or equivalent qualification - Excellent communication skills, written and verbal. - The post holder will be expected to communicate complex and sensitive issues **Desirable** - Advanced key board skills ### Further Training **Essential** - Provide an effective channel of communication for building and maintaining relationships with all staff and key stakeholders with the areas of responsibility, using appropriate methods **Desirable** - To provide administrative support to the business unit such as supporting rota management, requesting staffing and the setup of clinics. - Attend meetings at senior management level as and when required - Produce and maintain business case project plans - Attend business case project meetings, in order to produce and circulate minutes, risk registers, issue logs and project plans - Assist in producing written reports (including Business Cases), process flow charts and presentations using the Microsoft Office Suite - Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and skill in the use and analysis of data to assist service improvement ### Knowledge Requirements **Essential** - Principles of business project management and performance management - Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise demands - Ability to use own initiative - Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively - Ability to convey clear messages - Enthusiastic and able to motivate others - Self-motivated - Previous staff management is strongly desirable, but training can be provided on the job **Desirable** - Service development/improvement methodologies - Working knowledge of the NHS - Previous operational knowledge of RTT and key KPI’s is desirable - Design and set up spread sheets - Analyse data, highlight trends and/or inconsistencies of business and performance data, using Microsoft Excel ### Contractual Requirements **Essential** - Willingness to work - Flexible approach to ways of working and a positive can do attitude ## Documents - [benefits leaflet (pdf, 834.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2702) - [ops assistant jd (pdf, 264.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10388980) - [application guide (pdf, 584.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2448) - [our staff networks (pdf, 810.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2938) ## 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.