Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative and Clerical
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Monday-Friday 9-5)
- Job ref
- 270-TF126-MH-B
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Newland House
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pa, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/08/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Team Administrator - Eating Disorder Service
Band 3
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the currently expanding Eating Disorder Service (Adults). The post holder will work within the busy and energetic multi-disciplinary comprising clinical and counselling psychologists, consultant psychiatrist, specialist mental health nursing, specialist dietitian, ANP, assistant psychologists and administrators.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will be skilled and experienced in administration, and demonstrate keen organisational and self-management skills in order to assist the team to offer a high quality service
The post holder will provide a comprehensive administrative assistant/secretarial service to support duties associated with the service they are working in. Good organisational ability, strong IT skills (including use of Microsoft packages) and flexibility are required.
We are seeking an individual who is enthusiastic, compassionate, flexible and creative in their approach and can work alongside multi-disciplinary team members to provide quality and effective administrative support.
You will demonstrate an enthusiasm for professional development and will be motivated to further your understanding and skills through various training opportunities.
You will be part of a dynamic and supportive team, benefiting from a comprehensive supervision and appraisal system, with a commitment to staff development.
NHFT welcomes applications from people, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status or pregnancy or maternity status.
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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Have GCSE level of education or equivalent in Maths and English
Desirable criteria
- Business Administration NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- A sound knowledge of Microsoft packages
- Previous administrative experience
- Understanding of patient confidentiality
- Experience or understanding of creating records and filing systems and database management using an electronic information system
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a mental health setting
- Experience with Electronic Patient Records
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective communicator and excellent interpersonal skills
- High standard of grammar
- Able to work on own initiative and good organisational skills
- Ability to occasionally deal with distressing or emotional circumstances
- Ability to work in a pressurised environment
- Ability to prioritise own workload and work autonomously with a multi-disciplinary team
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
- Haley Gorman
- Job title
- Operational Support Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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