Administrator - Healthy Child Programme | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 September 2025 |
| Location: | Crawley,Lancing, BN2 3EW |
| Company: | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7381288/150-MT1983-CC |
Summary
A vacancy has arisen for an Administrator with good communication skills and excellent organisational/clerical abilities to work with the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) team in West Sussex Healthy Child Programme 5-19.The base could be in Lancing or Crawley, depending on the successful candidate.
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Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role is unlikely to be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on thegov.uk websitebefore applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
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You will need to work independently and collaboratively with the Team Lead, clinical staff, and the other administrator within the team. The post requires a flexible approach as it involves working with different disciplines within the HCP. The ability to work to deadlines, under pressure and without supervision is essential.
The following skills are essential to the role: experience with databases such as excel and able to quickly learn the Trusts health record keeping System (SystmOne), competency with Microsoft Office systems and word processing, excellent telephone manner and communication skills, and maintenance of strict confidentiality. The successful candidate will liaise with a range of professionals, manage waiting lists, book appointments, book venues, maintain stock control of resources, maintain and create databases and spreadsheets, and importantly, maintain a positive attitude, embodying the values of the organisation.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
To provide a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to a HCP team including communicating with the public, dealing efficiently with correspondence, typing meeting notes and preparing reports from draft, booking client appointments and regular inputting of client details onto the record keeping database.
Please see the attached JD and PS for further details.
This advert closes on Sunday 24 Aug 2025