Location
Wigan, England
Salary
£25,272 per annum pro rata
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 2
Deadline
18 Jun 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
04 Jun 2026
Medical Protection — indemnity for locally employed doctors from £79

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Manage incoming requests and documents, ensuring accurate processing and electronic record-keeping. Monitor data handling, support customer queries, and escalate complex issues when needed. Promote best practices and policies, manage workload effectively to meet deadlines, and maintain high-quality standards while identifying opportunities for improvement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Act as first point of contact for visitors to the department based at Buckingham Row
  • Ensure a friendly, approachable, and professional manner when interacting with internal and external customers virtually and/or face to face.
  • Support the triaging of received requests and documents for processing ensuring they are completed correctly with the authorised signatures, were appropriate.
  • Record all documents/information received and ensure they are correctly stored in an electronic format.
  • Monitor and analyse the processing of data and information.
  • Ensure all interactions in relation to requests and enquiries to the department are dealt with in an efficient, effective, and courteous manner.
  • Provide support to customers as appropriate, informing of next steps to resolving requests and queries and referring complex matters to work colleagues for further support when appropriate.
  • Provide an advisory service on best practice to all managers by promoting the correct policies and procedures relating to all work activities.
  • Ensure that own administration workload is managed and planned to support delivery outcomes required, informing line manager/s of any circumstances that may impact on delivery by required deadlines.
  • Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so.
  • Identify and report any areas of improvement along with making suggestions and ideas for further consideration.

Communications and Key Working Relationships

  • Develop and maintain an effective working relationship with team colleagues, internal and external stakeholders.
  • Support colleagues in the delivery of quality services to internal and external customers.
  • Actively participate in team meetings.
  • Utilise the Trust’s IT resources appropriately in line with policies and procedures.
  • Be aware of the need for cost effective use of resources when delivering the services required.

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This advert is for Workforce Systems Admin Assistant with Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Wigan, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £25,272 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 18 Jun 2026.

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