Clerical Officer – Addictions team

HR / Recruitment
Lanarkshire
July 24, 2026
Permanent
Urgent

Job Description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The Clerical Officer will provide comprehensive Administrative and Clerical support to clinical and non-clinical staff in order to ensure the smooth running of the service.

The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday (shift start and finish times negotiable).

Please note this is a fixed term post for 6 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

In this key role, you will:

  • General reception duties
  • Operate switchboard
  • Sort and distribute incoming and outgoing mail
  • Photocopy

What You’ll Bring:

  • Educated to standard grade level or experience in a similar role
  • Well developed interpersonal skills in customer care
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good organisational and planning skills

What we Offer

  • Annual Leave – 35 days including public holidays
  • Generous NHS pension scheme
  • Annual incremental salary progression
  • Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
  • NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent – regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

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