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Operations AssistantNHS

Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL Fixed-Term £28,392 to £31,157
Posted 17 August 2026 Closing date 31 August 2026
Sutton Parkway Rail Station (1.5 miles away) Hucknall Tram Stop (6.8 miles away) Sutton Bus Station (1.4 miles away)

Job summary

Join the Women and Children's team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as an Operations Assistant and play a key role in helping deliver efficient, high-quality patient care.

This varied and rewarding role combines team leadership, operational coordination, data analysis and service improvement. You'll supervise a team of Patient Pathway Coordinators, Clinical Typists and Records Assistants, helping ensure patients move smoothly through their care pathways and that the service consistently meets important quality and performance targets.

You'll work closely with clinicians, managers and wider Trust teams, supporting exciting service development projects, analysing performance data, coordinating meetings and producing reports, presentations and project plans. With plenty of opportunity to use your initiative, improve processes and make a real difference, this is an ideal role for an organised, motivated and confident individual who enjoys working with people, data and projects in a fast-paced NHS environment.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

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