GESH Patient Experience Support (ESTH)
Closing date: 07 May 2026
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About Us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000‑strong workforce.
At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Main Duties
The postholder will have previous administrative experience, and be used to providing high quality minutes, recording and tracking actions, taking part in meetings, ordering stationery, supporting a team and hold all round administrative and organisational skills. The postholder will be polite, used to taking calls from patients and staff, be professional, calm, organised, able to prioritise, to travel to sites as needed and provide high calibre support to a busy team.
Job Summary
The postholder will provide robust administrative support to the Head of Patient Experience and Partnership and wider team as appropriate, helping to ensure the smooth coordination and delivery of a range of activities across the portfolio.
The postholder will provide professional, confidential and comprehensive administrative support, including diary management and minute taking, data entry, organising meetings and events, as well as processing orders and invoices.
The Patient Experience and Partnership Administrator will act as secretary for several meetings such as patient partnership groups, steering groups and forums. In this role they will be responsible for booking meeting dates and venues, maintaining attendee and mailing lists, basic data extraction for reporting purposes, minute‑taking and maintaining a clear and concise action log.
As part of the wider Patient Experience and Partnership Team, the postholder will be a champion for patients and carers and will support coordination of a range of schemes of work to improve the experience of patients and carers, and to develop the patient and carer voice. This will include supporting the Trust’s patient and carer forums, participation and public partnership/ engagement events.
The postholder will work closely with a number of teams across the Trust and community services, including the site and group teams, Finance and Procurement, and Human Resources.
The post is suitable for someone with extensive administrative or secretarial experience. They must also be able to get on with people at all levels of the organisation and with a broad range of local people and service users.
Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, with relevant experience, the postholder will possess excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to work in a high‑pressure environment, they will demonstrate the ability to prioritise their workload and deliver competing tasks. A keen and capable team player, the postholder must also be able to work autonomously to provide a high quality administrative service.
Job Responsibilities
* Patient Experience and Engagement
* National and local surveys
* Friends and Family testing
* Patient equality, diversity and inclusivity
* Accessible information standard
* Supporting Armed Forces Community
* Supporting unpaid carers
Organise and manage administration of meetings and 1:1s, including arranging dates, venues, agenda circulation and maintaining up‑to‑date contact information.
Answer initial telephone calls and where possible and, if appropriate, offer direct guidance to the caller and making judgements as to which calls can be referred to other staff/departments. Offer appropriate advice and guidance in relation to queries and questions and, if appropriate, referring elsewhere for guidance.
Core administrative duties in support of the Head of Patient Experience and Partnership, including but not limited to filing/record‑keeping, answering the telephone, responding to emails, raising orders for equipment/supplies, and event organisation.
Proactively manage and maintain the working diary of the Head of Patient Experience.
Support the Head of Patient Experience in ensuring that all records are kept up to date, including annual leave records/calendar. Establish and maintain appropriate records and filing systems facilitating easy retrieval and access of information.
Establish and maintain appropriate and effective email groupings and listings across the division in order to facilitate the efficient and effective transfer of information.
Support with the organisation and coordination of events related to Patient Experience, including liaison with external partners, providers and stakeholders as required.
Provide, as required, administrative support to the Head of Patient Experience and a wider team in relation to patient and carer forums, participation and public partnership/ engagement events.
Develop and maintain a database of key local patient and public partnership/ engagement contacts and stakeholders.
Collate information for reports relating to patient experience, as requested by the Head of Patient Experience.
Assist in developing and maintaining a system of tracking key actions agreed to by the Head of Patient Experience.
Produce correspondence that is clear and accurate in layout, composition and format to present information in a professional, accessible and visually appealing manner in order to facilitate understanding.
Coordinate team meetings including timely production and circulation of agendas and supporting documentation and minute taking.
Provide full administrative support to a number of meetings to include: booking meeting dates and venues, maintaining attendee and mailing lists, basic data extraction for reporting purposes, minute‑taking and maintaining a clear and concise action log.
Liaise with service managers to ensure workforce information is accurately reported in line with the health roster system and confirm the accuracy of the information to the Head of Patient Experience prior to roster finalisation.
Maintain appropriate supplies of office stationery and coordinate and manage stationery orders across the team.
Raise and facilitate processing of orders using SBS and NHS Supply Chain systems, ensuring information is accurately recorded and that orders are processed in a timely way.
Act as a champion for Patient Experience and Partnership, promoting the portfolio and opportunities for people to get involved internally and externally.
Be responsible for stock and supplies of leaflets from a number of organisations and contact when supplies are low.
Ensuring stock throughout the Trust at designated spaces, receptions, information boards etc.
Transfer to other sites as required.
Other Duties
In line with responsibility for all staff, refer and escalaze problems to relevant staff/departments to support maintaining a safe environment for all patients, visitors and staff.
Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role, as identified by the Head of Patient Experience.
Proactively develop positive working relationships with colleagues across our hospitals and community services, fostering productive routes for information sharing and support.
To be a flexible member of the Patient Experience Team.
This job description is a reflection of the current situation but may be subject to amendment in the light of any changes or developments within the department.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience of working in an administrative role, including meeting and event organisation and administration.
* Experience of diary management.
* Experience of recordkeeping.
* Experience of working in the NHS or a related organisation.
Knowledge and skills
* Proficient in the use of all Microsoft Office products.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Able to produce documents to a high standard.
* Knowledge of how the NHS works.
Personal Attributes
* Ability to work independently and prioritise.
* Proactive, takes own initiative.
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Flexible, responsive approach to work, including ability to work across sites.
* Ability to relate to people at all levels from a diverse range of backgrounds.
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 name
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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