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Job summary

Main area
administration
Grade
Band 2
Contract
12 months (Fixed term: 12 months)
Hours
Full time
Job ref
270-TF551-ACS
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Brambles
Town
northampton
Salary
£23,615 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/11/2024 08:00

Employer heading

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Administration Assistant

Band 2

Job overview

To primarily provide a range of basic administration support to identified administration staff as appropriate.  To cover for colleagues during break times and absence periods where needed.   

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

·         To assist the Senior Administrator and Team in providing a wide range of clerical and administrative duties.

·         To assist with audio typing / proof reading letters and reports as directed.

·  To provide general office duties to include distributing incoming/outgoing mail, scanning and photocopying as required.

·         Answer telephone calls from patients and external organisations promptly and efficiently.

·         To book rooms as appropriate for clinics or meetings.

·         To support the maintenance and management of the office environment, including stationery provision.

·         Demonstrate tasks to new starters, including temporary staff, if required.

·         Reception cover on an adhoc basis

·         Any other duties as may be delegated.

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

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in an office environment
  • Experience of working in a Team
Desirable criteria
  • NHS Experience

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE or Equivalent grade 4 or above Maths and English
Desirable criteria
  • Other relevant qualificatioin

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Hickling
Job title
Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 027 1822
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