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Administrator | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 July 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L10 1LD |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6413676/350-CC6270489-A |
Summary
The Talking Therapies Services across Halton, Knowsley, St Helens and Liverpool are recruiting Administrators to support the expansion of services.
The successful candidate must be proficient in IT packages and Microsoft Office. A knowledge of IAPTUS is desirable, although full training will be given.
Have excellent communication skills both verbally and written and be able to communicate with patients, staff, and health care professionals at all levels both within the organisation and with external bodies.
We are looking for a flexible, enthusiastic team player with good interpersonal skills who can work well under pressure, showing initiative, self-motivation, who understands the importance of prioritising their own workload to meet deadline whilst maintaining flexibility, whilst working independently and as part of busy team.
Previous experience in a similar role is desirable.
Planned Shortlisting: 20 May 2024
Planned Interviews: 27 May 2024
Provide an administrative, secretarial and clerical service to support the Team members, ensuring that letters, memos, reports are accurately produced within agreed timescales, data is input to required standards, and an effective filing and retrieval system is maintained.
Effective liaison with multi-disciplinary staff/patients/carers/outside agencies ensuring accurate information is communicated as and when required, including reception/switchboard duties dealing with enquiries from clients and the public.
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.
Responsibility for the processing of incoming and outgoing mail, including prioritising, sorting and action as necessary
Responsibility for arranging clinics, booking appointments and associated data entry including the retrieval and maintenance of patient records.
Responsibility for the maintenance of client database including the collection of statistics.
Arranging, when required, meetings and taking minutes, ensuring accurate transcription and distribution.
Ensuring the maintenance of the referral pathway process following Service procedures including liaison with other agencies.
Responsibility for petty cash being an authorised signatory for same.
To support the completion of Staff Variation Lists and payroll documentation, including medical certificates, as directed by the Team Manager, ensuring documentation is accurate and completed within designated timescales and forwarded to the Payroll Department.
Calculation of annual leave and the recording of staff absence as directed by the Team Manager in accordance with Inter-Agency Policies.
Ensure appropriate records are maintained as directed by Line Manager.
Contribute to the ordering of stationery supplies and associated procedures
Participate in the provision of cover and support to colleagues as required.
Participate in the local induction process for new staff.
Participate in serious untoward incident investigations/reviews as required.
Support individual's equality, diversity and rights.
Participate in patient and public involvement activities.
Contribute towards service improvement initiatives to enhance quality of patient care.
Provide information and support to service users/carers as appropriate.
Contribute to the continued improvement and quality of the Administrative Support Service.
Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources.
Understand and adhere to Trust policies, procedures and guidelines.
Report any concern regarding patient care to line manager.
To undertake any other delegated duties as appropriate and commensurate with the post.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Jul 2024