Administration Assistant

Main area Administration Grade NHS AfC:
Band 2 Contract Permanent: 1 x Full time (37.5 hours) & 1 x Part time (22.5 hours) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £25,272 per annum pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 08/11/2026 23:59

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems.

Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

The Active Recovery department is looking to recruit two Team Administrative Support Assistants to join our team.

We currently have two positions available:

• 1 x Full-Time post – 37.5 hours per week
• 1 x Part-Time post – 22.5 hours per week

Active Recovery is a multi- disciplinary team providing clinical support and rehabilitation to patients  focus of the team is to promote admission avoidance into hospital, facilitate early discharge from hospital and to provide an urgent response to patients that may be in crisis ive Recovery is a city-wide service operating 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The service operates between the hours of 6:00am and 10:00pm, and successful candidates will be required to work a range of shifts within these hours on a rota basis.

The post holder will be expected to communicate with a significant cross section of senior staff within STHFT, and external organisations, often dealing with confidential and urgent enquiries and correspondence. Undertake any other duties which may be allocated within the general scope of the post and appropriate to the grade.

• To provide efficient and effective administrative and clerical support to the Active Recovery Team, including Operational Shift Coordinators, Clinical leads, assessors & other members of the wider Active Recovery Team.
• To receive incoming telephone calls in a confident, efficient and confidential manner
• To receive telephone calls from patients who require information and visits from the service and to ensure that the patients’ messages are accurate and taken promptly in a courteous manner at all times
• Undertake administration functions for the department, such as data input, photocopying, and any other duties deemed necessary.
• Demonstrate independent working in an environment that can be fast paced with rapid changes requiring prioritising of own workload and appropriate escalation to a supervisor.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and most successful healthcare employers in the UK. We offer fantastic opportunities for career progression, training and development, ensuring that roles are both challenging and…