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Job summary

Main area
Admin
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8-4 Monday-Friday)
Job ref
846-6670402-CF-A
Employer
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Coxheath Centre
Town
Maidstone
Salary
£26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/12/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Team Coordinator

NHS AfC: Band 4

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Multidisciplinary (MDT) Coordinator to provide vital administrative support to the clinical teams in Coxheath. 

Our administration team is the backbone of our service, providing the support needed to enable the clinical staff to offer an excellent service to our patients.

As a member of our team, you can expect a huge variety of work and being part of a team who go above and beyond, and take pride in the service we offer our patients.

Each member of staff is truly valued and involved in making sure we embrace new ways of working – making the changes necessary to provide 
the most innovative, dynamic and responsive service.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship.  Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for effectively managing and chairing the patient 
Multidisciplinary meetings.

This work brings together a core group of Health & Social Care colleagues to discuss patient care, and plan treatment options and care outcomes.
You will need to have very good communication skills, be skilled and confident in chairing the meeting, and keeping to time. 

You will be supported by an administrative assistant, to ensure the Multidisciplinary meetings are set up and planned effectively. 
 With support from the admin assistant, you will manage the incoming referrals for the MDT, ensuring all members required are invited, and have appropriate information prior to the MDT. 

You will require strong IT skills to ensure all actions are uploaded to the correct systems in a timely way. 

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • Diploma of higher education Foundation degree, Higher national diploma (HND) NVQ level 5 or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Proven experience in office systems, with advanced use of Microsoft Office, i.e. MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel
  • Sound judgement and logical approach to complex situations, with ability to determine solutions.
Desirable criteria
  • NHS specific IT system experience

PRACTICAL/ INTELLECTUAL SKILLS

Essential criteria
  • The ability to be innovative, objective as well as logical in resolving problems.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to record accurate minutes of meetings and present to a high standard
  • The ability to plan and organise own workload without direct supervision
  • The ability to prioritise and balance a range of competing tasks to deliver to agreed timescales

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

Essential criteria
  • Handling confidential and sensitive information in accordance with DPA.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential criteria
  • Ability to apply a common sense and logical approach to identify key or underlying issues in difficult situations and use initiative to solve problems.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareDisability confident leaderDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeCare quality commission - OutstandingKent Community - Platinum Award LogoKEiBA Valuing Disability Business of the Year 2021Accredited Menopause Friendly EmployerRIDI Awards Finalist 2024

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ann-Marie Jethwa
Job title
Ann-Marie Jethwa, Operational Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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