Business Support Assistant

Business Support Assistant – Clinical Business Support Assistant

Closing date: 24/06/2026

Interview Dates: 26th / 27th May (provisional)

Salary: £24,796- £25,185 per annum.

Role summary

You’ll be providing general administrative support to our Public Health Nursing service. Public health for children and young people 

You will be working with our Taunton team primarily based in Taunton, helping to improve the health and wellbeing of young people and their families in Somerset by providing critical administrative support to frontline practitioners. The position involves working across two bases (Taunton and Wellington) and may require occasional travel to meet operational requirements.

Your day-to-day work will involve:  

• Supporting Health Visitors, Assistant Practitioners and Team Leads deliver a comprehensive service to children and families in Somerset.

• Working as a team with Clinical Business Operations Assistants across the county to innovate processes and provide consistent support to all services.
• Handling sensitive and confidential data, maintaining comprehensive and accurate records.

What you’ll do - key responsibilities

• Demonstrate initiative, organising and prioritising skills in providing general administrative support to the procurement service.
• Provide a support service and maintain an understanding of service activities.
• Examples of administrative duties may include: Compile and revise documents, prepare material for presentation, coordinate diaries, take notes at meetings.
• Work with accuracy, identify errors and make corrections where appropriate.
• Act as a first point of contact and provide information to clients, suppliers and the public.

What we’re looking for – knowledge, experience & skills

Essential

• Sound working knowledge of IT systems including Microsoft 365.
• Experience of working in an administrative role and within a team.
• Experience of communicating with members of the public face-to-face and via telephone, letter and email.
• Experience of handling sensitive and confidential information.
• Experience of using client management systems and spreadsheets.
• Minimum NVQ level 2 standard/5 GCSEs, English and Maths, at Grade 4 or above with good standards of literacy, numeracy and accuracy.
• Good organisational skills.
• The ability to prioritise conflicting work demands and have a flexible approach.
• The ability to follow agreed processes to ensure consistency is provided.
• The ability to produce high standards of accurate work and to work to deadlines.
• Ability to speak fluent English as stated in Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016).

Additional Information  

This is a full-time role working 37 hours a week.

25 days of annual leave (additional to bank holidays)

Regretfully, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. We are only able to proceed with candidates who already have the right to work in the UK without the need for visa sponsorship.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Hannah Campbell at hannah.campbell@somerset.gov.uk

A full job description will be provided to shortlisted candidates or on request.