Administration Assistant for the Head and Neck Late Effects Clinic
| Posting date: | 14 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 December 2025 |
| Location: | Southend, SS0 0RY |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7510334/390-CAN-SO-8327 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is launching a pilot Head & Neck Radiotherapy Late Effects Service to support patients across the South East of England in managing ongoing late effects of treatment.
As an Administration Assistant, you will play a key role in setting up and delivering this new service. You’ll provide comprehensive and efficient administrative support to the Head and Neck Late Effects of Radiotherapy Clinic, ensuring smooth operations and enabling clinical teams to focus on patient care. This role involves close collaboration with medical, nursing, and radiotherapy staff, as well as regular liaison with other departments, hospital wards, and primary care providers.
Within you role, you will:
- Provide a welcoming and professional reception service, greeting patients, relatives, staff, and visitors courteously and ensuring all enquiries are handled promptly and appropriately.
- Communicate effectively with medical professionals across both primary and secondary care settings.
- Deliver clear and accurate information to a wide range of individuals, both verbally and electronically, to support an efficient and responsive service.
- Engage confidently with the local community, ensuring positive and effective communication.
Offer written and verbal non-clinical guidance to relatives, carers, and friends, signposting them to relevant information and next steps.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Are you looking for an exciting new role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
This advert closes on Monday 17 Nov 2025
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is launching a pilot Head & Neck Radiotherapy Late Effects Service to support patients across the South East of England in managing ongoing late effects of treatment.
As an Administration Assistant, you will play a key role in setting up and delivering this new service. You’ll provide comprehensive and efficient administrative support to the Head and Neck Late Effects of Radiotherapy Clinic, ensuring smooth operations and enabling clinical teams to focus on patient care. This role involves close collaboration with medical, nursing, and radiotherapy staff, as well as regular liaison with other departments, hospital wards, and primary care providers.
Within you role, you will:
- Provide a welcoming and professional reception service, greeting patients, relatives, staff, and visitors courteously and ensuring all enquiries are handled promptly and appropriately.
- Communicate effectively with medical professionals across both primary and secondary care settings.
- Deliver clear and accurate information to a wide range of individuals, both verbally and electronically, to support an efficient and responsive service.
- Engage confidently with the local community, ensuring positive and effective communication.
Offer written and verbal non-clinical guidance to relatives, carers, and friends, signposting them to relevant information and next steps.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Are you looking for an exciting new role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
This advert closes on Monday 17 Nov 2025