Medical PA Respiratory | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£25,760 - £27,476 per rota per annum
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Colchester, CO4 5JL
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	2 Oct 2026
Closing date:	1 Nov 2026

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Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic organised Personal Assistant to work within a small administration team. You will provide support and information packs forlung cancer pathway, deal with appointment queries, booking and cancellations. You will be responsible for cleansing and sending appointment letters, emails and EPIC inbasket management for 8 consultants, 2 Registrars, 5 Nurses and 1 Physiotherapist

This is a part time role on a fixed term basis until 31st March 2027

Proposed Interview date: 22nd October 2026

General office administration, including emails, telephone calls and voicemails, inbaskets/pools and post.

Supporting respiratory consultants, physiotherapists, clinical nurse specialists and other clinical teams with day-to-day administrative and secretarial duties.

Managing correspondence, including cleaning clinic letters, referrals, and other clinical documentation (EBSUS/Bronchoscopy leaflets). Correspondences referring to 2WW Lung cancer patients must be actioned in a timely manner to meet Cancer FDS standard.

Arranging and managing outpatient appointments, including booking new patient and follow-up respiratory clinics for Lung cancer target clinics and clinical nurse specialist clinics, monitoring clinic ultisation. Most booking is completed centrally by the contact center.

Communicating with patients and relatives, responding to queries professionally and directing clinical questions to the appropriate clinician.

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.

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

This advert closes on Monday 12 Oct 2026

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