Colorectal Admin/Support worker | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Colorectal Administration/HCA Role, band 3

An exciting role to support the Colorectal Team at Poole Hospital to work as a Colorectal Administration/HCA role to support the Nurse Led Service.

The successful candidate will support the nurse led fast track service ensuring the patients pathway is smooth and completed in an appropriate time frame. The successful candidate will have good communication and computer skills, able to construct, complete and update databases, organise appointments and manage admins tasks such as typing dictations. They will have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to complete some basic nursing care tasks, by supporting the ANP Team in Face-to-Face clinics, ensuring the clinics run smoothly, chaperoning patient examinations and supporting patients with further investigations such as blood tests and gaining prescriptions from pharmacy. It is essential they can work as part of a team and on their own initiative.

Supporting the fast-track service will be their priority but the service needs developing to include appropriate non-urgent referrals.

Please contact Jan Jones Lead ANP Colorectal Team 01202 44 8640 with any queries.

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Base site

UHD - Poole Hospital

For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust’s Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.

Completing triage tasks

Typing clinic letters

Liaising with patients, their cares and colleagues in primary and secondary care

Answering telephone enquires

Chaperoning in clinic

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

(remove if not fixed term position) For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust’s Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.

Working as part of the Colorectal Administration team for the FDS pathway and colorectal cancer surveillance pathway.

Please see detailed JD

This advert closes on Monday 9 Nov 2026