Job summary
- Main area
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Worked over 5 days 9-5 or 8-4)
- Job ref
- 272-6396600
- Employer
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Doncaster Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Doncaster
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 Pro Rata Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Team Administrator
Band 3
Job overview
An exciting opportunity is available to join our experienced Infection Prevention & Control Team at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
Working under the supervision and guidance of the Infection Prevention and Control Lead Nurse, provide a comprehensive administrative service to the PLACE based Infection Prevention and Control Team which includes the Acute Trust and community services.
The successful candidate will be expected to have a willingness to learn, an ability to respond to administrative requests from all members of the team. They must have the ability work autonomously managing their workload, answering the telephone and working with Trust IT systems as required. Good all round office and keyboard skills are required. If you self-motivated with a kind and compassionate approach then this post is for you.
Main duties of the job
This is a busy and varied role, which requires the post holder to have a flexible approach and a calm, professional manner. This role will encompass administration duties, use of IT systems, answering telephone calls and emails as well as managing electronic diaries.
The post holder will be required to support the administrative function across the Infection Prevention and Control service, to provide a good quality, timely service.
Working for our organisation
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, it’s our pledge to help you Develop, Belong and Thrive, Here.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.
Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Proven experience of working in a secretarial/administrative capacity
- • High quality customer service skills
- • Experience of working within an office environment
- • Previous NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working within the specialty of infection prevention and control
- • Experience of working with clinical teams
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- • Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent qualification or relevant experience (including English and Maths)
- • Educated to A Level or NVQ3 standard or equivalent qualification or relevant experience
Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- • Must have excellent telephone skills and ability to take messages accurately
- • Demonstrates comprehensive verbal, written and listening communication skills.
- • Ability to work in a team and foster professional relationships, being respectful, supportive, approachable and caring
- • Must have a positive attitude, be polite and responsive
- • Enthusiasm for role
- • Tactful, diplomatic & approachable
- • Ability to motivate self and others.
Organisational skills
Essential criteria
- • Must have excellent time management skills
- • Able to demonstrate good use of Office applications including word and excel
- • Must be able to take accurate meeting notes
- • Ability to work under pressure and to perform to tight deadlines
- • Ability to use own initiative and work autonomously as well as part of a team
- • Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- • Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the service (acute and community)
- • Demonstrates appropriate attendance record
Desirable criteria
- • Electronic diary management skills
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
- Miriam Boyack
- Job title
- Infection Prevention and Control Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07500388101
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