Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Admin and Clerical Apprentice

The closing date is 28 August 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join ourAdmin and Clerical Team as a Admin and Clerical Apprentice!

Are you someone with excellent communication skills and a passion for organisation and teamwork? This role offers a fantastic chance to gain hands-on experience while supporting the delivery of a high-quality secretarial and administrative service within a busy, friendly department.

As a Admin and Clerical Apprentice , you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of services that are fundamental to both hospital and primary care settings. The position is both challenging and rewarding, offering valuable insight into NHS administrative processes and the chance to make a real difference.

Main duties of the job

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached

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.

Details

Date posted

14 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£14,722 a year per annum

Contract

Apprenticeship

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-7366925

Job locations

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached

Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good verbal communication skills
  • Good keyboard skills
  • Use of office equipment e.g. computer, fax machine, photocopier/scanner

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of CareFlow and the NHS in general

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level C English (or equivalent)

Desirable

  • Any office based training

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in an office environment or equivalent customer related experience

Desirable

  • General Office experience - tracking / filing
  • NHS experience
  • Quality customer service

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Good team member, flexible working, regular attendance
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good verbal communication skills
  • Good keyboard skills
  • Use of office equipment e.g. computer, fax machine, photocopier/scanner

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of CareFlow and the NHS in general

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level C English (or equivalent)

Desirable

  • Any office based training

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in an office environment or equivalent customer related experience

Desirable

  • General Office experience - tracking / filing
  • NHS experience
  • Quality customer service

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Good team member, flexible working, regular attendance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Support Officer

Amie Wright

amie.wright3@nhs.net

07733432695

Details

Date posted

14 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£14,722 a year per annum

Contract

Apprenticeship

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-7366925

Job locations

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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