East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Apprentice Administration Support

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs


North East England
Permanent
Support Staff
GBP 0 - 25,272 per year

Posted 1 day(s) ago

Reference: 2377209


Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Administration Support in the Children's Community Administration Team. You will work closely with the administration and clinical teams, providing essential administrative support in a busy environment.

You will be completing an in house Apprenticeship alongside your role meaning you will gain extra qualifications to support your future career opportunities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to integrate into the current team and provide an efficient and effective service within a timely manner. Attention to detail is a must, along with excellent communication skills.

The post might close earlier if sufficient amount of applications received.

Main duties of the job

Your duties will include the consistent provision of administration support to the team. You will ensure the high standard of administrative service is consistently delivered by undertaking all required tasks and activities on a daily basis.

You will utilise the required technology/hospital systems that are introduced and support other team members to do so to deliver an efficient administrative service.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details
Date posted

01 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,272 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR892-26

Job locations

Colchester

Colchester

CO4 5JL

United Kingdom


Job description
Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and responsibilities of this role, please see attached job description and person specification.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and responsibilities of this role, please see attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
  • At least 3 GCSEs or equivalent at A to C Grade to include maths and English
Knowledge
Desirable
  • NHS experience in a similar role
  • 18 week pathway/PTL/RTT
Experience
Essential
  • Proven experience of working in a similar role Band 2 or equivalent
  • Use of Microsoft packages, including Word, Excel and Outlook
Desirable
  • Practical experience of working in a clinical support role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
  • At least 3 GCSEs or equivalent at A to C Grade to include maths and English
Knowledge
Desirable
  • NHS experience in a similar role
  • 18 week pathway/PTL/RTT
Experience
Essential
  • Proven experience of working in a similar role Band 2 or equivalent
  • Use of Microsoft packages, including Word, Excel and Outlook
Desirable
  • Practical experience of working in a clinical support role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Colchester

CO4 5JL

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details
Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Colchester

CO4 5JL

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)