Infection Prevention Control and Wound Care Administrator
The closing date is 20 January 2026
Job summary
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
We are looking for a motivated person to join the Infection Control and Wound Care teams. This exciting post will interest staff who enjoy variety in their job with plenty of opportunities and will give the successful applicant the potential to develop the role whilst working with the support and guidance of senior colleagues.
You must be keen to develop your communication, administration and organisational skills in this role and, in return, we will offer support with training. You will need to be innovative and keen to use extended skills to support our busy team administratively.
Candidates should have touch typing skills to a high standard and be efficient working on Word, Excel and Outlook.
Main duties of the job
As part of this role you will co-ordinate meetings and MDTs including preparing and sending of relevant papers as required.
You will take and prepare minutes and action plans to the required standard and support follow up communication around action arising from committees.
Amongst other things, you will undertake administrative duties as required for the department, including typing, filing, call handling, photocopying and any other duties as requested. Support administrative activities associated with Wound Review Clinic including booking of patients into the clinic and typing up of dictated summary letters and demonstrate good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work as necessary.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
Date posted
07 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
175-2526-NS1548
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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