Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.5 hours per week (Mondays and Tuesday, can be flexible on the third day.)
- Job ref
- 270-TF165-ACS-C
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Newland House
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/11/2024 08:00
Employer heading
MHST Clinical Administrator
Band 4
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Clinical Administrator to provide comprehensive administrative support for the Mental Health Support Team. The role of Clinical Administrator will be to maintain an effective office base to enable the administrative responsibilities to be carried out, whilst providing secretarial support to senior clinicians. The post holder must be flexible and use their initiative to organise their own workload, dependent on the priorities and requirements at the time.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to participate in the recruitment and selection process of new team members, when required. Provide support with training any new staff, demonstrating duties to new staff members when required. . Manage own workload and work independently within the service, meeting service needs. Allocate, organise and supervise the workload of junior administration staff within the service, when required. To work closely with the Lead administrator, Clinical Team Lead and Operational Team Lead to monitor performance data and administer clinical systems, ensuring performance reports are accurate
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Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Hold or working towards NVQ Level 3 of higher in Business Administration or equivalent experience/qualification.
- Experience of typing and data entry.
- Experience of taking minutes for high level meetings.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using Mental Health systems (ePex, SystmOne)
- Ability to interpret data.
- Knowledge of health systems and procedures
Behaviours & Values
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a flexible way and respond to change, prioritising workload to meet the needs of the service.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to achieve set goals.
- Ability to deal with interruptions/queries from colleagues throughout the day.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Ability to work independently and organize a varied workload, meeting competing demands. The post holder will need to take initiative and work in a self-directed manner.
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Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Equality and diversity and data protection legislation.
- Ability to co-ordinate information between a number of sources.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Chloe Woodlands
- Job title
- Operational Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07874395716
- Additional information
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