Job Description

Are you organised, detail-oriented, and passionate about supporting research in healthcare? Join our Research & Innovation Department and play a key role in advancing evidence-based care and service improvement.
The Research & Innovation Department is part of the Clinical Governance Directorate within the Trust. Our mission is to develop and support healthcare that is effective, efficient, and research-based. We contribute to:

• Clinical governance initiatives including risk management, guideline development, audits, and patient satisfaction surveys.
• Implementation of the research governance framework.
• Supporting divisions in undertaking research and innovation projects.

As an Administrative Assistant, you will:

• Provide administrative and clerical support within the Research function in line with agreed priorities.
• Assist with research and monitoring activities across the department.
• Help maintain accurate records and documentation to support compliance and governance.
• Contribute to the delivery of high-quality patient care through your personal actions and commitment to continuous improvement.

Ready to make a difference? Apply today and help us shape the future of healthcare research at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
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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Details
Date posted
20 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
24,465 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
15 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
214-CEN-7615352
Job locations
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton In Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential

• Entry level knowledge and understanding of a range of routine work procedures particularly those based on data /information collection and processing e.g.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office software/Windows-based applications
• Confidentiality
• Multidisciplinary Team working

Desirable

• Intermediate level knowledge and understanding of a range of routine work procedures particularly those based on data /information collection and processing
• Knowledge and understanding of a range of routine work procedures, including those outside immediate work area e.g
• Patient records / case notes
• Clinical terminology

Qualifications
Essential

• Good general education standard/ GCSE qualifications in English and maths (grade C or above) or equivalent

Desirable

• Study beyond GCSE
• ECDL

Further Training
Essential

• Hospital computer systems e.g. Medway, case note tracking, ORION

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• Standard, as stated in Agenda for Change

Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential

• Entry level knowledge and understanding of a range of routine work procedures particularly those based on data /information collection and processing e.g.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office software/Windows-based applications
• Confidentiality
• Multidisciplinary Team working

Desirable

• Intermediate level knowledge and understanding of a range of routine work procedures particularly those based on data /information collection and processing
• Knowledge and understanding of a range of routine work procedures, including those outside immediate work area e.g
• Patient records / case notes
• Clinical terminology

Qualifications
Essential

• Good general education standard/ GCSE qualifications in English and maths (grade C or above) or equivalent

Desirable

• Study beyond GCSE
• ECDL

Further Training
Essential

• Hospital computer systems e.g. Medway, case note tracking, ORION

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• Standard, as stated in Agenda for Change

Skills Required