Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (30 hours also considered)
- Job ref
- 152-M587.24
- Employer
- Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Seascape House
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £24,169 p.a.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Administration Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced administrator to join a friendly and proficient administration team, supporting clinicians who deliver Children & Young People's Health Visiting Service.
We are looking for someone with good IT skills, strong time management, great interpersonal & communication skills.
You will be a pivotal point of contact for people accessing the service and as such you will need to have a friendly approach & be able to build effective working relationships between yourself, colleagues & the wider service users
It is an interesting and varied role and we’d like to find someone with good humour who enjoys the challenge of a busy working environment. Daily tasks will involve communicating with service users, signposting, using excel, capturing data, managing emails and assisting clinicians with general admin.
This is a hybrid role, where once trained you will have the opportunity to work from home one day per week.
The role is for 22.5 hours, however 30 hours would be considered.
Main duties of the job
Day to day duties will include providing a professional and courteous response to service users and practitioners who contact us via email or telephone.
You will be booking appointments for practitioners and updating our central clinical system appointment diary (SystmOne) and ensuring messages are passed on to the appropriate team members in a timely manner.
Working from Excel spreadsheets.
You will be working as part of an efficient and professional team.
Working for our organisation
At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [email protected]
Person specification
Knowledge, Skills and Training
Essential criteria
- GCSE Maths and English or Equivalent
- Computer Literate
Job Specific Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of using/or willingness to learn to use of Integrated Patient Information systems including SystmOne, Integrated care programme approach, Claris and PAS
- Demonstratable organisational skill, including self-organising and prioritising and the ability to multi-task
Desirable criteria
- Relevant office administration experience
Information Technology
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of using the Microsoft Office suite including, Word, Excel and PowerPoint and other software applications
Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- The ability to use own initiative and to work well in a team
- Good time keeping
- Great attention to detail
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jodie O'Callaghan
- Job title
- Administration Service Manager
- Email address
- jodie.o'[email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07584265174
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