Lung Cancer Target Administrative Support | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,760 - £27,476 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 May 2026 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7950581/432-HR102-26 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated administrator to join the Respiratory Department in Ipswich Hospital.
We are looking for a dynamic, flexible and enthusiastic team player to integrate with the current team and provide an efficient and effective support service to the Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinicians, patients & medical secretaries. The ideal candidate will have attention to detail, have excellent communication skills and the ability to prioritise and plan. You must be able to work using your own initiative and be flexible to work where the need is greatest. You should have a good level of clerical experience and good working knowledge of IT systems although full training in the use of our systems will be provided.
In this department you will be fully supported by management with regular training and development to help further career.
Current ESNEFT employees will be offered on a Secondment basis only.
You will undertake a full range of secretarial and administrative duties for the Respiratory team including:
• Supporting the Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist in the delivery of the 28 Day Faste Diagnosis National Standard
• Work with the Lung Cancer Pathway Navigator to ensure timely processing of the cancer pathways
• Working with the Respiratory Multidisciplinary Team
• Perform routine tasks on own initiative
• Update patient pathway following clinic appointment
• Manage the non-admitted PTL
• Manage the Cancer PTL
• Answer telephone and deal with enquiries, convey messages
• Ad-hoc duties as delegated by Department Lead
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 thatTime Mattersto 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 bringwhat’swidely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Friday 24 Apr 2026