Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Administration & Reception Clerk

The closing date is 11 November 2025

Job summary

Administration and reception at Fertility Fusion

Provide Administrative and clerical/ reception support to the Administration Team at Fertility Fusion

Main duties of the job

To provide a confidential, administrative and clerical service to the Fertility Fusion team.

To cover general reception duties including booking patients in and out of clinics, arranging follow-up appointments as required and coding of outcomes.

Have a good knowledge of the basic computer packages.

Responsible for pulling, preparing and filing notes for clinics.

Ensuring all patient details are correct, including checking the central SPINE and updating as necessary.

Registering new patients and allocation of appropriate appointments and/or cancellation and re-booking as per patient choice.

Maintaining confidentiality as per GDPR and HFEA regulations.

Supporting the service with a flexible attitude and provide cover for colleagues during annual leave and sickness

About us

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Details

Date posted

28 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

302-25-7503585S

Job locations

Wrightington Hospital

Hall Lane, Appley Bridge

Wigan

WN6 9EP


Job description

Job responsibilities

To participate in the organisation of the busy reception and administration office within the fertility centre

First point of contact at reception, greeting patients, organising patient notes for clinic. booking patients on to clinic

Job description

Job responsibilities

To participate in the organisation of the busy reception and administration office within the fertility centre

First point of contact at reception, greeting patients, organising patient notes for clinic. booking patients on to clinic

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of education including 5 GCSE's or equivalent
  • ECDL or equivalent knowledge and experience

Experience

Essential

  • Previous admin experience within NHS
  • Experience of working with the public
  • Experience of using Patient Centre (CSC), Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Central spine, Choose & Book (CAB)
  • Experience of office procedure
  • Previous experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

  • 3-5 years experience within NHS
  • Previous knowledge of working within a clinic setting

Skills

Essential

  • Well developed organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload
  • Excellent verbal communication
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Ability to work using own initiative and take direction
  • Well developed interpersonal skills to enable working autonomously as well as part of a developed team.

Desirable

  • IT skills
  • Commitment to CPD

Knowledge

Essential

  • Trust systems
  • High level of understanding of office skills
  • Data Protection Act, GDPR
  • In-depth understanding of patient confidentiality
  • Freedom of information

Additional

Essential

  • Clear vision of role
  • Willing to adopt a flexible approach to working hours including evenings
  • Calm under pressure
  • Willingness to meet the performance criteria set out in the job description and professional development
  • Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structure and vocabulary and without hesitation.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of education including 5 GCSE's or equivalent
  • ECDL or equivalent knowledge and experience

Experience

Essential

  • Previous admin experience within NHS
  • Experience of working with the public
  • Experience of using Patient Centre (CSC), Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Central spine, Choose & Book (CAB)
  • Experience of office procedure
  • Previous experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

  • 3-5 years experience within NHS
  • Previous knowledge of working within a clinic setting

Skills

Essential

  • Well developed organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload
  • Excellent verbal communication
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Ability to work using own initiative and take direction
  • Well developed interpersonal skills to enable working autonomously as well as part of a developed team.

Desirable

  • IT skills
  • Commitment to CPD

Knowledge

Essential

  • Trust systems
  • High level of understanding of office skills
  • Data Protection Act, GDPR
  • In-depth understanding of patient confidentiality
  • Freedom of information

Additional

Essential

  • Clear vision of role
  • Willing to adopt a flexible approach to working hours including evenings
  • Calm under pressure
  • Willingness to meet the performance criteria set out in the job description and professional development
  • Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structure and vocabulary and without hesitation.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wrightington Hospital

Hall Lane, Appley Bridge

Wigan

WN6 9EP


Employer's website

http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wrightington Hospital

Hall Lane, Appley Bridge

Wigan

WN6 9EP


Employer's website

http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Administrator

Amanda Evans

amanda.evans@wwl.nhs.uk

01942264018

Details

Date posted

28 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

302-25-7503585S

Job locations

Wrightington Hospital

Hall Lane, Appley Bridge

Wigan

WN6 9EP


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