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Job summary

Main area
Community Services
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 13 hours per week (4-5 hours a day on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Times to be agreed)
Job ref
338-6249758-24
Employer
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whitby Hospital
Town
Whitby
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Administration Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 3

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019

Job overview

Humber NHS Foundation Trust delivers community care services across Scarborough, Malton, Pocklington and Whitby and we are excited to be able to offer an opportunity for a dedicated, innovative, forward thinking individual to join our team!

Based at Whitby hospital the successful candidate will join part of the Community Leadership Team to support the next phase of our One
Community transformation plan.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve providing administrative/secretarial support to the Community Service Managers, Locality Matrons, Therapy Lead, Team Leads, and Clinical Leads with contribution to the planning and development of services as a member of the team. The successful candidate will work autonomously and will be responsible for developing administration support systems and will also be responsible for the administration of meetings.


The successful candidate will need to possess excellent communication skills, efficient time management skills, sound experience of IT systems and Microsoft software packages, and an ability to effectively commute between sites as required and be prepared to adapt to the changing needs of the Trust and community model of care. This is an opportunity to be involved in supporting delivery of an integrated model across a range of
community healthcare services.

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Advanced keyboard skills: RSA/OCR III or equivalent/Advanced ECDL.
  • 3 or more GCSE/O levels which must include English and Maths.
  • ‘A’ Level/BTEC Diploma/NVQ3 Business Administration/Customer Service or equivalent experiential learning or demonstrable experience within A&C field at Advanced level.
Desirable criteria
  • Advanced EDCL

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstratable experience of practice and procedures relevant to the area of work.
  • Experience of preparing agendas and papers and writing minutes.
  • Knowledge and experience of IT systems, including Microsoft Office applications.
  • Experience of inputting data into systems and maintaining records.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of using Trust IT Systems – e.g. Lorenzo, ESR, Oracle.
  • Experience of use of Microsoft Teams.
  • Working knowledge of wider health or social care systems, processes, policies and procedures.
  • Interest of experience of community health and social care.
  • Interest or experience in working in autism or and learning disabilities care.

Skills and Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate inter-personal communication skills.
  • Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity.
  • Light physical effort required for lifting stationery, files, sitting at a keyboard or possibly standing at a reception desk.
  • Able to plan and prioritise effectively.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The Smallest ThingsTommy'sApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleHSJ Best places to workCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthArmed 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
Alison Newton
Job title
Administration Officer
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07977 056369
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