Mobile Clinical Administrator | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 May 2024 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 9HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6254372/351-CEN967-LW |
Summary
Due to expansion of our service, an opportunity has arisen for a mobile clinical administrator to support our friendly teams at the Avondale Unit, Royal Preston Hospital
Your flexibility is a must as you will be required to provide vital cover to our Central Home Based Treatment Team and Mental Health Liaison Team. You will be provided with a schedule which will detail which team you need to support. You may not need to sit in with the team you are providing cover for, but you will need to work within the Avondale unit andnotremotely as per the needs of the service.
Providing much needed support to our service users is our primary focus. The role can be demanding at times as our team are the first point of contact for our service users and their support networks.
Compassion and empathy is a must as at times you will be exposed to challenging situations which require you to be supportive from the moment you pick up the phone.
Remaining calm and focused, with the support of our clinicians you will be rewarded knowing you have provided assistance at a time that it was needed.
You will have proven experience of minute taking in multi-disciplinary clinical team meetings, you will be required to support our teams remotely via teams so a high level of communication is needed.
A flexible approach is needed as every day can be different. Experience of working in a busy office with a clinical workload is preferred with previous exposure of working with the public essential.
You will be required to take large volumes of phone calls that are varied in nature as well as completing vital clinical administrative support which includes processing referrals, clinical letters and arranging weekly teams meetings for a multi-disciplinary team.
Although always supported by the wider team, you must have relevant experience of managing your own workload and multi-tasking with a busy, varied workload.
Full time over 7 days including weekend and evening cover 8am-8pm
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 May 2024