Medical and Research Team Administrator

St Margaret’s Hospice Care has a fantastic opportunity for a Medical and Research Team Administrator to join their team. This role is based in Taunton. You will join us on a part time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of 11547.72 per annum.

You won’t just be joining a fantastic team – you’ll be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. Everyone here contributes and has a part to play towards our goal. If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do. So, if you’re looking for a role where you can really make a difference, working as part of a supportive team, we could be a perfect match.

What can you expect to be doing? 

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for an administrator to join the organisation to provide professional, efficient, and confidential administration and coordinated support to the medical and research team at the Taunton site.

The post holder will be responsible for a broad range of duties, including secretarial tasks, diary management, operational support, and general administration.

This role will also support the onboarding of new staff and medical trainees, and contribute to the development of processes and procedures that enhance operational efficiency. Working closely with Senior medical team, the postholder will play a key role in ensuring smooth daily operations and effective communication across teams.

Your day to day job will involve:

• Organising bookings, training sessions, courses, meetings, and associated logistics for the medical team including rota management.
• Support onboarding, induction, and exit processes for clinical staff and medical student placements as required.
• Assisting with Quality Improvement and Research activities of the Senior medical team/Head of Research, providing administrative support for this function.
• Prepare agendas, take minutes, and coordinate follow-up actions for meetings chaired by the medical team.

What will you be good at?

You will:

What can we offer you?

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

• NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
• Non-NHS employees will receive 6% employer and 5% employee contribution.

Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:

• Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
• Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management
• Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
• Counselling and support
• Legal, financial, and medical information and advice 

And more…

• Life assurance cover – 2x salary
• Health Cash Plans - help with covering the cost of healthcare needs by providing cashback on a range of health benefits
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Enhanced maternity leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
• Volunteering and fundraising opportunities

*Eligibility criteria applies

If you want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying, we'd love to hear from you. Just reach out to  at Kate Shorthose .

We are currently managing the recruitment process in-house and kindly ask that recruitment agencies refrain from contacting us with candidates for this role.

For any questions about our recruitment process, please contact Recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk. 

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact us for a chat if there's anything you want to talk about before you apply.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time. 

If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can't wait to hear from you!

Closing date: 8 July 2026