Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9-5)
- Job ref
- 270-TF910-MH-A
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Berrywood Hospital
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 pa, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/04/2025 08:00
Employer heading

Ward Administrator
Band 3
Job overview
We are looking for an OUTSTANDING Ward Administrator to join our patient focused team on Spinney Ward at St Marys Hospital. Spinney Ward is a 16 bed assessment and treatment mental health ward for adults predominantly aged over 65 years old.
Main duties of the job
You will have excellent organisational skills and be proficient in the use of IT Systems. You must be proficient using Microsoft Office software. You will be expected to adapt to work proficiently in the health systems we use which include Health Roster, Agresso and SystmOne and NHS supply chain. You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills in order to provide timely and accurate correspondence to patients, carers and a wide variety of healthcare professionals. It is essential that you have a good telephone manner.
You will demonstrate that you will have the ability to work collaboratively within the service providing full administrative support for Riverside Ward and the wider older adult inpatient service at the direction of your Line Manager. You will be providing support to the clinical team by ensuring that reports, Health Roster, clinician appointments, data performance updates and minutes for team meetings are produced effectively and efficiently. You will be flexible in respect of completing other tasks as directed by the team, the Ward Matron and the Service Manager.
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.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
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
Essential and desirable
Essential criteria
- Experience using Excel/ Microsoft word/ Microsoft teams
- Maths and English GCSEs grades A-C
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with mental health patients
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an admin setting in past 18 months
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with NHFT systems.
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
- Claire Evans
- Job title
- Ward Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000273904
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