Apprentice Administrator
BARNSLEY HEALTHCARE FEDERATION CIC
About the Role
An Apprentice Administrator at the Priory Centre will support our Central Admin team with day‑to‑day tasks, from handling enquiries to organising documents and helping keep the service running smoothly. It’s a great chance to build skills, gain real experience, and start a career in a supportive, friendly environment.
An apprentice in Central Admin at the Priory Centre would typically:
- Handle incoming calls, emails, and general enquiries
- Update records, databases, and filing systems
- Prepare documents, letters, and meeting materials
- Support scheduling, room bookings, and diary management
- Assist with ordering supplies and keeping office areas organised
- Help colleagues with general administrative tasks and projects
- Must pass a DBS check and an Occupational Health check
- To hopefully lead to a permanent position
About the Training
- The apprentice will train through a mix of on‑the‑job experience and structured learning with Barnsley College
- They’ll spend four days each week in the Priory Centre’s Central Admin team, developing practical skills while working alongside experienced colleagues
- On the fifth day, they’ll attend Barnsley College to complete the Level 3 Business Administration qualification, following a planned timetable of classroom learning, assignments, and skills development
- This blend of workplace practice and college teaching gives them a strong foundation in both real‑world admin work and the wider principles of business administration
About the Employer
Barnsley Healthcare Federation is a not‑for‑profit NHS provider organisation that plays a central role in delivering and coordinating primary care across Barnsley. It brings together all 31 GP practices in the borough through a single Primary Care Network (PCN), making it the largest PCN in the country and serving more than 260,000 patients.
- What Barnsley Healthcare Federation Does - The Federation delivers a wide range of primary and community healthcare services designed to improve access, consistency, and outcomes for local residents. Its work includes:
- Managing the Barnsley Primary Care Network, recruiting specialist staff, and providing centralised support to GP practices.
Running the iHEART Barnsley out‑of‑hours GP service, ensuring patients can access urgent care when they need it.
Delivering community‑based services such as health and wellbeing coaching, social prescribing, first contact physiotherapy, and directly managing several GP practices.
Supporting GPs through shared training, best‑practice initiatives, and economies of scale that strengthen the quality and consistency of care across the borough.
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Training Provider
BARNSLEY COLLEGE
Course/Training
Business administrator (level 3)