Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer this Healthcare Science Coordinator role.
The role of the Healthcare Science Coordinator is to provide a high quality, patient focused, efficient Respiratory Physiology service within Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The role is expected to work alongside the administrators in the sleep and CPAP teams in a cross cover model.
This role involves following departmental operating procedures to provide a patient focused, high quality, efficient and complete administrative support service to enable efficient patient flow through the Heart & Lung Function testing department. You will be working within a multidisciplinary team and support routine clinical service.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job are:
Communication -- ability to demonstrate excellent customer care skills, greeting patients visiting the Heart & Lung Department according to trust values, assisting flow through the department. To ensure that patients and visitors receive a friendly and professional service, always demonstrate patient confidentiality. Work closely with the physiologists to coordinate smooth patient flow. Contribute to departmental discussions and work towards Directorate and Trust objectives, participate in service and cost improvement programmes.
Administrative -- demonstrate planning, good organisational and prioritising skills, assist with elements of local induction for new starters. Day to day diary management using departmental computer programmes, deal with internal and external correspondence, coordinate patient activity through the department, liaise with physiologists, clinic, ward areas and other diagnostic services. Coordinate the departmental nebuliser loan service. Ensure electronic filing and departmental staff e-rostering systems are kept up to date, book follow up appointments, develop and maintain departmental administration policies and procedures, contribute to data inputting, coordinate ordering of stationery items and managing stock levels and administration support to management team.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
- Date posted: 13 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 3
- Salary: £25,272 to £27,476 a year 0.67WTE
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 175-2627-TH1636
- Job locations: Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of using Microsoft Office Applications
- Ability to analyse information
- Good verbal and written
- Communication skills
- Previous experience of working in a customer facing role
- The ability to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage
- Ability to process technical information and formulate an appropriate plan to make adjustments to current communication
- The ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality administrative support
- Demonstrates personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources
- The ability to communicate basic or sensitive information to colleagues, patients and relatives
- Able to organise, prioritise and adjust own workload in relation to the priorities of the department on a daily basis
- The ability to suggest changes to own practice
- Maintains the quality in own work
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in an office environment
- Previous experience of working in a ward with admissions and discharges
- Previous experience of working in the NHS
- Knowledge of RTT requirements
- Previous experience of working with an Electronic Patient Record and booking system applications
Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge of administrative procedures and processes, including the use of specialised IT systems and project or training administration tasks. This may have been gained through formal training equivalent to a level 3 Diploma or through relevant work experience
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
- Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
- Ability to deal with sensitive information in a professional manner
- Ability to concentrate for periods of time whilst inputting data into a computer
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This advert is for Sleep and Respiratory Healthcare Science Coordinator with Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Band 3 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £25,272 to £27,476 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 25 Aug 2026.
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