Office Manager | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L30 7PT |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6210941/350-CC6210941 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an Office Manager position within Sefton 0-19 Administration Team.
The successful post holder will provide leadership management, supervision, and development of an effective flexible administrative team.
The post holder will contribute to the development and management of the administrative and clerical support services.
The post holder will establish, maintain and develop professional working relationships with all partners to ensure fit for purpose service is delivered. The post holder will work under their own initiative and will have significant discretion to manage their own workload. The post holder will manage and delegate tasks as appropriate to their team. To provide an efficient and effective clerical support to the multidisciplinary clinical teams.
In addition the post holder will have an important role in assisting the Deputy Operational Administration Manager as a focal point for communication for all staff within the team. The post holder will contribute to the development and management of the administrative and clerical support provided across services.
The post holder will establish, maintain and develop professional working relationships with all department leads to ensure fit for purpose service is delivered. Reporting to the Deputy Operational Administration Manager the post holder will work under their own initiative and will have significant discretion to manage their own workload. The post holder will manage and delegate tasks as appropriate to their team. To provide an efficient and effective administrative service and clerical support to the multidisciplinary clinical teams.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
MANAGERIAL AND LEADERSHIP:
As Office Manager you will directly manage and supervise on a day to day basis to include Personal Development Plans/individual Performance Reviews and provision of advice and support as appropriate.
Responsibility for ensuring the provision of effective and efficient administrative support to a multi-disciplinary team including the organisation of staff ensuring adequate staff absence cover across the service .
Responsibility for providing regular formal supervision for each member of the Administrative Team providing leadership, promoting a learning culture for colleagues and other agencies
To co-ordinate/participate in the recruitment process as necessary, including job advert, short listing and interviewing prospective candidates as a member of the interview panel, and liaising with HR with regards to progress.
Responsibility for the recording of staff absence in accordance with inter-agency policies and processing of the sickness absence policy. In addition, undertaking return to work reviews of the Administrative Team
Monitor quality standards in the administrative team in respect of departmental communications including manual/computer data, file archiving etc.
Assist Deputy Operational Administration Manager in the implementation of Trust Policies and Procedures within the team including assisting in the development of policies, procedures and guidelines.
GENERAL:
Working alongside the administrators supporting service needs whilst carrying out the day to day duties of the Office Manager. To work on own initiative with minimal supervision. Prioritising workload, initiating action and resolving and referring problems as necessary and working to meet deadlines.
Responsibility for quality checking of Data Quality information and input/extract data providing reports/statistics as required.
Effective liaison with multi-disciplinary staff/patients/carers/outside agencies ensuring accurate information is communicated as and when required and that complex and sensitive information is communicated with empathy and reassurance.
Co-ordinate and participate in any special duties, including designated project work or tasks for the Senior Management /Deputy Operational Administration Manager as appropriate to achieve the delivery of an efficient, proactive and high profile administrative service
This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024