Pacing​/Devices Coordinator

Job Summary

Proposed interview date: 9th February 2026

We are looking for a vibrant, confident person to join the team to help deliver a high quality service in the Cardio-Respiratory Department based at Colchester Hospital. This role will be a job share, working days will be Monday 8:30 – 16:30 and Tuesday 8:30 – 17:00.

This is a fixed‑term position until 31.3.26.

In this role, you will be providing administration support to a team of Consultants, Technicians and other healthcare professionals. You must have excellent communication skills with attention to detail and high level organisational skills. You will need to have the ability to work on your own initiative and you must be able to remain calm in difficult situations.

Please note you will be required to work as part of the administration team and provide cross cover when necessary.

Provide an efficient administrative and day‑to‑day support service to the department and coordinate all pacing clinics within the department and outside areas, i.e. Clacton & District and Harwich & District. This includes the booking of appointments, typing of correspondence, documents, dealing with different enquiries, dealing with patients' records and other general office administration duties.

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 offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to 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 is 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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Date posted: 15 January 2026

Pay scheme:
Agenda for change

Band: 3

Salary: £24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum pro rata

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Part‑time, Job share

Reference number: 432-HR1157-25

Job locations:
Colchester Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, CO4 5JL

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

• GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
• NVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent experience
• Previous administrative role
• Experience of database systems
• Working collaboratively as part of a team
• Advanced IT Systems including Microsoft Office
• Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
• Confidentiality and Data Protection
• Customer service
• Knowledge of a range of administrative procedures.
• Good attention to detail and accuracy

• NHS experience
• Experience in working with Patient Administration Systems, incl. Pas, Lotus
• NHS knowledge of relevant work area
• Specialised functional and medical terms acquired through qualification or extensive experience

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:
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address:
Colchester Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, CO4 5JL

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