Administrative Assistant - UTC in Leigh

Main area Medicine Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

16.5 hours per week (7 day working (Monday to Sunday)) Job ref 302-26-7842595M-C

Site Urgent Treatment Centre Town Leigh Salary £25,272 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/06/2026 23:59

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Job overview

The Medicine Department are looking to recruit an Administrative Receptionist within the Urgent Treatment Centre, Leigh Health Centre, Leigh.

This is an exciting and challenging department which provides support 14 hours / 7 days per week. The post holder will be expected to work under pressure, adapting positively to a busy and demanding workplace. A flexible approach is necessary as this post involves working unsociable hours, i.e. Weekends & Bank Holidays.

Previous NHS experience would be advantageous.

We are recruiting for 1 x 16.5 hr position.

This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this post are to provide a professional administrative service in the Urgent Treatment Centre (formerly Leigh Walk In Centre). To meet and greet people attending the Reception Area with dignity and respect ascertaining their requirement and respond to those requirements accordingly, reflecting high quality customer care in all daily activities.

Excellent communication skills are essential, as the post holder will deal with distressed patients and relatives. The post involves registration of patients onto the computer system so excellent keyboard skills are required.

• To receive and accurately record onto System One all related data for new and follow up attendances to the Urgent Care Treatment Centre. Update and revise information where necessary.
• Liaise with personnel from the Ambulance Service or appropriate external agency to obtain patient information as and when required, ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• Monitor the Adastra system to record the arrival of patients referred by the 111 service and upload the patient’s documented history to System One.
• Decide based on the patient’s presentation and information provided and using your initiative, liaise with / summon Triage Nurse where concern exists over the condition of the patient.
• Effectively deal with all enquiries, via telephone, email and face to face with regard to patients, staff, internal and external agencies, with the exception of medical advice.
• Responsible for scanning of patient documentation and complete full audit on all scanned documents on a daily basis.
• Forward patient’s documents / details to appropriate departments for follow up appointments for example, Fracture clinics, Ophthalmology and physiotherapy.
• Ensure all GP discharge letters are printed and sent out on a daily basis whilst adhering to Caldicott Guidelines.
• During out of office hours receive and deal with telephone enquiries to ascertain where patients have been admitted to for Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wrightington and Leigh Hospitals.
• To plan and organise own workload whilst assisting colleagues to meet the Departmental needs of the service.
• To support and evaluate changes to working practice whilst actively seeking ways to improve the service.
• Maintain daily contact with colleagues working within the team to ensure priorities are met and targets achieved.
• Regularly update management team regarding outstanding issues, potential areas of concern and any other associated problem.
• Use multiple systems in order to process requests and communicate information to job related stakeholders.
• Use initiative when dealing with general public in order to manage people expectations and overcome barriers.
• Work effectively as part of the multi-disciplinary Urgent Care Treatment Centre.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE Standard or equivalent experience.

Experience

• Experience of working in a busy, pressurised customer focused environment dealing with frequent interruptions.
• Recent work experience within an administration / office setting.
• Experience of using IT systems in the workplace.

Skills

• Able to demonstrate keyboard skills with attention to accuracy.
• To demonstrate a good telephone manner.
• Must work well as part of a team but also able to work on own initiative.
• To demonstrate excellent communication skills with all disciplines of staff.
• Good organisational skills.
• To work efficiently to targets and deadlines and able to prioritise and manage workloads.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change in circumstances.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of general office systems and protocols in a customer related environment.
• Ability to follow guidelines and procedure.
• Knowledge of IT systems and packages within the workplace.
• Good understanding of customer care practices and procedures.

Additional

• Flexible / ability to work 24 hour rotational shift pattern.
• Provide cover for annual leave, sickness and bank holidays.
• Professional appearance and approach.
• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.