Temporary Clinical Effectiveness Administrator


Location
Truro, England
Salary
£28392.00 to £31157.00
Profession
Administrator
Deadline
09 Sep 2026
Contract Type
Fixed term: 4 months (End date End January 2027)
Posted Date
27 Aug 2026
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Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

13 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Experience

    Demonstrable experience of working in an administrative and/or facilitative environment.

  • Experience

    Demonstrable experience of providing secretariat support to meetings

  • Experience

    Experience of minute taking at Committee Meetings

  • Disposition

    Good team player

  • Disposition

    Friendly and Courteous

  • Qualifications

    GCSE in English and Maths Grade A-C

  • Practical and Intellectual Skills

    Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels

  • Practical and Intellectual Skills

    Strong organisational skills, including high level of accuracy and ability to work to tight deadlines

  • Practical and Intellectual Skills

    Ability to work autonomously with limited supervision and/or as part of a team.

  • Practical and Intellectual Skills

    Sound time- management skills – able to manage own workload and prioritise to meet deadlines

  • Practical and Intellectual Skills

    Attention to detail and accuracy

  • Practical and Intellectual Skills

    Effective and highly developed interpersonal and communication skills at all levels of the organisation

  • Practical and Intellectual Skills

    Requirement for periods of prolonged concentration

Desirable

3 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Experience

    Experience of working within a healthcare setting

  • Experience

    Working knowledge of a range of healthcare IT systems

  • Qualifications

    Nationally recognised IT qualification

Job overview

We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Clinical Effectiveness Administrator to join our Clinical Effectiveness Team. This is an exciting opportunity to support a range of clinical governance and quality improvement functions that contribute to the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality patient care across the Trust.

This fixed-term opportunity offers the potential to transition into a substantive role, subject to a successful evaluation of the Test for Change and demonstration of its ongoing value and impact.

The post holder will provide comprehensive administrative and coordination support across key Clinical Effectiveness programmes, including Learning from Excellence, Patient Safety Alerts, NICE guidance, Learning from Deaths, and Clinical Audit. Working closely with clinicians, managers, and governance colleagues, you will play an important role in supporting organisational learning, continuous improvement, and the effective monitoring of clinical quality.

This role is ideal for someone with excellent organisational, communication, and IT skills who enjoys working in a busy environment.

Main duties of the job

Coordinate and administer key Clinical Effectiveness functions, ensuring processes are completed within agreed timescales. [

Monitor and support Learning from Excellence, Patient Safety Alerts, NICE publications, Learning from Deaths, and Clinical Audit activities.

Manage Clinical Effectiveness email inboxes and act on correspondence appropriately.

Provide comprehensive administrative and secretarial support, including diary management, meeting organisation, and record keeping. Support senior meetings through agenda preparation, circulation of papers, and minute taking.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with clinicians, managers, and governance teams across the Trust.

Support the dissemination of organisational learning through newsletters, communications, and governance networks.

Contribute to a culture of continuous quality improvement and learning that supports the delivery of excellent patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

Identity Checks

Professional registration and qualification checks

Employment history and reference checks

Occupational Health clearance

Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check

Right to work in the UK

For further information please visit:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

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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Applying for this NHS job

This advert is for Temporary Clinical Effectiveness Administrator with Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in Truro, England. It is listed as a Administrator role. The advertised salary is £28392.00 to £31157.00. The contract type is Fixed term: 4 months (End date End January 2027). The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.

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