Assistant Administrator | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,272 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 June 2026 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB1 2DP |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7889969/310-ASMH-7889969 |
Summary
Part-time - 18.75 hours per week
We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Administrator for our Admin Hub, to support the Pathways Centre Team based at Tenison Road, Cambridge. This role would be supporting the front of house, greeting patients, dealing with queries and supporting the wider team.
The successful candidate will be well organised and able to prioritise work. You will be proactive in solving problems and queries and you will see these through to completion. The post holder will need to be calm and patient, with an excellent telephone manner and skills to deal with sometimes complex and difficult issues over the phone. You will be required to provide front of house reception cover for the team.
You will be supporting a multidisciplinary team and will be involved with arranging appointments, scanning and uploading documentation onto appropriate systems, photocopying, minute taking, ordering stationary and some general administrative work as required.
The post holder will provide a comprehensive administrative service within their team.
The ideal candidate will have a can do attitude, strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times. This post is open to professionals with the right attributes to enhance a team.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• Typing of letters, summaries and reports, if appropriate.
• Ensuring good customer service by providing a professional and effective service by dealing with queries from service users, carers or staff in person or on the telephone.
• Take accurate messages and ensure these are passed on to the appropriate people.
• Organise appointments and transport for clinics as directed.
• Carry out any office duties, such as dealing with post and photocopying; be responsible for document filing and ensure that the relevant records are organised, accessible and up to date.
• Monitor and maintain the departments admin stocks.
• Arrange meetings as and when required.
• Accurately input data onto the relevant electronic system, in a timely manner in line with standard operating procedures.
• Deal with staff and service user requests that may be part of a cash office function as and when required, and in accordance with Trust procedures.
This advert closes on Monday 25 May 2026