Learning Disabilities Services / PCN Administrator | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata for part time |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | Maidstone / Canterbury, ME14 5NZ |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6212059/395-KM197-24 |
Summary
We currently have an excellent opportunities for a Full Time band 3 administrator sitting within our Learning Disabilities Services and Primary Care Networks in the Children and Young People's Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Service. This split position will contribute to the efficient running of the team. The successful candidates will help strengthen our current team, improving communication and making responses quicker.
You will possess excellent administrative skills and telephone skills and should be able to develop good working relationships with colleagues. You will be an excellent communicator and have the ability to prioritise your workload. You will support the processing and management of all referrals service is a timely and efficient way ensuring that work is completed in a safe and timely manner.
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Key Responsibilities:
• Communicate effectively with a range of people, either in person or on the telephone, promptly and in a professional and courteous manner whilst recognising barriers to communication.
• Ensure that complex calls from anxious and distressed clients are passed to appropriate person to deal with (dealt with) effectively and appropriately, or escalated to senior staff member if appropriate
• Respond to enquiries, and take appropriate action on behalf of the service, either by telephone, or correspondence, within agreed time limits.
• Manage and maintain an efficient administrative system on behalf of others.
• Draft general correspondence on behalf of own service.
• Accurately produce reports, correspondence and documents from a variety of sources.
• Work without supervision and ensure urgent situations are addressed swiftly.
• Ensure workload is managed and prioritised appropriately.
• Establish and maintain electronic and manual filing systems.
• Type letters generated by the service
• Input generic data into organisational systems or in-house records. Printing of simple reports – ie training records or basic clinical info
• Support the telephone rota
This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024