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Support Secretary - Anaesthetics | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Company:Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:£25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Hours:Part-time
Location:Colchester, CO4 5JL
Job type:Permanent
Posting date:29 Jul 2026
Closing date:28 Aug 2026
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Summary

Do you have good clerical skills? Would you like to help make a different to our patients?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Anaesthetic department at Colchester Hospital as a Support Secretary part time 30 hours per week.

We are looking for a hardworking, highly motivated team player who will also be able to work on their own initiative. You must have excellent communication skills and a friendly manner.

You should have a good level of clerical experience and good working knowledge of IT systems although full training in the use of our systems will be provided.

If you feel you have the skills to join our team then you may just be the person we are looking for.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking for the next step in their career or to gain some experience working in the NHS

• Your duties will include: typing, reviewing rotas, booking meetings, taking minutes, calling patients and data input.

• Further administration duties will include retrieving patient notes, filing, photocopying and ordering stationery.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.   

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.   

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A 

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Aug 2026

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