Histopathology Clerical Officer | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,465 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 01 February 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7649361/214-CSTO-7649361 |
Summary
Are you ready to embark on a rewarding career journey in the heart of healthcare? We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented individual to join our Histopathology team as a Clerical Officer. This is a part-time position based at the esteemed King's Mill Hospital.
As a Clerical Officer in Histopathology, you will play a vital role in supporting the administrative functions of our department. Your attention to detail and organisational skills will ensure the smooth operation of our histopathology services.
Key Responsibilities:
• Supporting secretarial functions, including organising medical meetings and assisting with departmental administration.
• Producing and processing histological reports with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ensuring timely communication of Histopathology reports to clinicians, departments, and external agencies in line with Trust confidentiality policies.
• Contributing to continuous improvement to uphold the highest standards of patient care.
• Supporting diagnostic workflows that provide essential tissue diagnoses for patients across the Trust, general practice, and private sector.
• Assisting with cancer screening and MDT processes to ensure accurate and timely diagnostic information.
If you’re passionate about healthcare, thrive in a detail‑focused role, and want to be part of a team that makes a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 18 Jan 2026
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