
Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
13 listedRequirements 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 listedAdditional 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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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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