Business Support Assistant

An opportunity has arisen for a Business Support Assistant to join the Support Services Department within Stratheden Hospital, Cupar.

The successful candidate should have previous administration experience with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages. You will be required to undertake general administration duties to support the Support Services Department such as; ordering and receipting goods for the catering department using Pecos and eFinancials, data inputting, collation of spreadsheets, maintaining accurate records, inputting information on SSTS (payroll system), filing and photocopying. This list is not exhaustive.

Based at Stratheden Hospital, hours are Monday – Friday, occasional travel to other hospital sites in North East Fife may be required. A degree of flexibility required to cover annual leave and sickness absence.

Hours are Monday 9am to 1.00pm, Tuesday 11am to 4pm, Wednesday 11am to 4pm, Thursday 11am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3.30pm

For informal enquiries, please contact Andrea Fearon on [phone removed] Monday to Friday 9am to 4.00pm

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A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. 

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.