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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday/Wednesday/Friday)
Job ref
388-6760473-A&C
Employer
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hengrave House, Torbay Hospital
Town
Toruquay
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/04/2025 23:59

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Admin Co Ordinator

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

Our Administration Co-Ordinator will support the Clinical Health Psychology Service as an Administration Co-ordinator. They will work as part of the Admin Team providing administrative support to the Clinical Staff whilst complying with departmental administration processes. They will be required to be flexible at times to provide cover across the Clinical Health Psychology Service during staff absences.

Main duties of the job

Provide high quality secretarial, administrative and clerical service to ensure an effective and efficient service in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures

Support the Service Improvement Lead, Clinical Health Psychology Lead Administrator to undertake change management

Ensure that patients are treated with courtesy, dignity and respect, 
maintaining confidentiality at all times

Maintain clinics on a daily basis ensuring patient files are kept up to date throughout their treatment within the Service

Provide additional administration support to other areas at times of 
sickness/annual leave as required

Working for our organisation

Why Work With Us

The Clinical Health Psychology Service at Torbay Hospital have been working on clarifying our position as a Lifespan service and thinking more about how we implement new ways of working across the board. You will therefore be joining us at an exciting time of change as we begin to take forward these ideas to the wider organisation. 

You will be working within the Administration Team and work closely with the Clinical Staff maintaining their clinics and patient administration from the point of a referral being received through the patient journey until they are discharged from the service. We have a mix of Psychological professions within in the Service working from Torbay Hospital Site and Castle Circus Health Centre.

The Lead Administrators manages the day to day requirements between the Team and assists with prioritising.  The Post-Holder will receive line management and supervision from the Neuropsychology Lead Administrator and all identified training on a regular basis. You may be asked to cover additional administration duties at times of colleagues’ annual leave or sickness across the Service.

 As a Trust we have introduced agile working and as a Directorate we are committed to supporting our teams and colleagues in adopting this approach.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of English & Maths at GCSE level or equivalent
  • evidence of RSA 111 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of previous admin experience within NHS

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.The Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (enei) is the UK's leading employer network covering all aspects of equality and inclusion issues in the workplace.Disability confident committedArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julie King
Job title
Administrator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01803 654654
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