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Administration Support - Sterile Service Unit

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Ipswich, IP4 5PD Posted 13 October 2026 Apply by 23 October 2026
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Salary for this role£25,760 – £27,476 a year
Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year
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Role description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a vibrant, confident person to join our team as Administration Support for our Sterile Service Unit at Ipswich Hospital

The post involves carrying out general administrative duties in a busy office environment as well as supporting the management in team admin and taking part in audit.

Experience with surgical instruments would be advantageous, however if you do not have knowledge, training will be provided.

If you have established administrative skills, with an interest in surgical instruments and have a desire to help make a difference to our patients, we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

  • Deal with external and internal queries. This may include providing complex or sensitive non-clinical information.
  • Pass on messages as appropriate to the relevant person in a timely way.
  • Use initiative to deal with routine and some non-routine problems that may arise, and only exceptionally refer more complex issues to the appropriate person.
  • Assist in developing, maintaining efficient electronic and manual filing systems.
  • Responsible for the maintenance of accurate data on hospital systems as appropriate.
  • Manage your own workload to ensure completion of the full range of your tasks using the knowledge, skills and experience you have gained. Support other team members to undertake the full range of administrative/secretarial activities.

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 one of the largest NHS organisations in England, 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

13 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR959-26

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

United Kingdom


Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous administrative role
  • Working collaboratively as part of a team
  • Advanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
  • Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation

Desirable

  • NHS experience
  • Experience within relevant work area.
  • Experience of working with members of the public
  • Supervision/co-ordination of other team members

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
  • NVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Confidentiality and Data Protection
  • Customer service

Desirable

  • NHS Knowledge of relevant work area

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

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/


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