Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight Trust & Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trusts only

NHS Band 2 Salary:  £25,272 pro rata per annum (actual salary:  £20,217 per annum)

Hours Per Week:  30 Part Time

Contract Type:  Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an assistant administrator at the Resuscitation Training Department at Queen Alexandra Hospital. You will be required to provide clerical support to the Resuscitation Administration Manager and the wider members of the resuscitation training department.

You will have a responsible and friendly approach, have excellent interpersonal skills and must be able to work as part of a team. A high level of organisational skills is required to correlate data specific to each training course. Keyboard skills and an excellent telephone manner are also essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the co-ordination and administration of courses and programmes delivered to staff and students to ensure timely updating of staff records. This includes sending reminder text messages to course delegates.
• Recording of staff training with ESR following successful completion of programmes supported by the Resuscitation Training department.
• Updating and maintaining the Resuscitation Training department intranet site.
• Assist with the creation of external learning accounts on the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) website to enable all learners to access eLearning.
• Assist with pre and post course administration to ensure accurate record keeping.
• Raise electronic requisition orders for stationary items, receipting appropriately when the goods arrive and chasing up outstanding orders with the suppliers.
• Undertake photocopying, printing, laminating, and shredding as required.
• Collect and distribute mail daily and follow up as necessary.
• Support the Resuscitation Administration Manager in the coordination of advanced resuscitation courses where required.
• Ensure the delivery of excellent customer service at all times by maintaining good levels of communication and confidentiality.

For full job details and person specification, please refer to enclosed job description.

Essential

• GCSE pass in Maths and English.

Skills & Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Computer literacy and keyboard skills including the use of Microsoft Office.
• Efficient with good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
• Ability to achieve high levels of accuracy whilst ensuring deadlines are met.
• Ability to liaise with staff at all levels.
• Previous experience working within the NHS is desirable.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026