Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Business Support Admin Assistant

The closing date is 22 March 2026

Job summary

We are looking for an administration assistant to provide high-quality administrative support to the Integrated Neighbourhood Team in Portsmouth. This role is part of an administration team supporting designated Clinical Teams and other clinical staff located throughout Portsmouth. The key responsibilities will be to maintain a high level of knowledge of the work of the team in general and an understanding of the work of those whom specific administrative support is provided. Hours within Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm.

Adults Portsmouth service line works in collaboration with Portsmouth Hospitals, Adult Social Care and Primary Care to provide a diverse range of clinical services within Portsmouth City and across Hampshire. Our priority is to keep patients at home and to avoid hospital admissions into the acute setting. In order to achieve this, we provide a range of specialist services that manage chronic and long-term conditions. In addition to this we provide community nursing, rehabilitation and reablement to patients in their homes or within one of our community inpatient wards. In partnership with Primary Care, we design, monitor and deliver care to meet patients' needs across in the community setting.

Main duties of the job

  • Establish and maintain necessary administrative procedures to ensure smooth running of the service.
  • Receive patient referrals, prepare patient documentation acting as first contact to GPs, patients and carers, dealing with referrals from point of receipt to discharge, filing and dealing with telephone enquiries to the clinical team.
  • Support data monitoring and reporting systems.
  • Word processing of correspondence including letters, agendas, minutes, reports, group material including spreadsheets and graphs.
  • Attend weekly, monthly, or as and when required meetings taking, transcribing, and disseminating of minutes.
  • Receipt and opening of internal and external post, dealing with correspondence as appropriate.
  • Be responsible for the timely and courteous manner of answering telephone enquiries, taking messages for clinical and management staff.
  • Undertake a variety of clerical duties including photocopying.
  • Report any defects or damages to area to Estate Department and liaise closely with Premises Manager.
  • Ensure stock levels are maintained in line with agreed procedures.
  • Responsible for ordering of supplies and equipment using the Shared Business Services System.
  • Responsible for covering other staff in times of absence and planned leave.
  • Maintain information storage systems for easy retrieval eg. general filing systems.
  • Undertake training ensuring that Data Protection and Caldicott Principles are fully observed and complied with.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

Date posted

10 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 to £24,465 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

348-PSE-10666

Job locations

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A good standard of education including at least English and Maths at Vocational Level 2 or GCSE Grade 4/ C or above.
  • To have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages including TEAMS, Outlook, Excel and email.

Desirable

  • NVQ 2 in Business Administration or equivalent qualification.

Experience

Desirable

  • *Knowledge of medical terminology.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A good standard of education including at least English and Maths at Vocational Level 2 or GCSE Grade 4/ C or above.
  • To have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages including TEAMS, Outlook, Excel and email.

Desirable

  • NVQ 2 in Business Administration or equivalent qualification.

Experience

Desirable

  • *Knowledge of medical terminology.

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

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Natalie White

natalie.white53@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

10 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 to £24,465 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

348-PSE-10666

Job locations

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


Supporting documents

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