Administrator for Children in Care | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,465 pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 November 2025 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, S44 5BL |
| Company: | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHSFT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7445580/166-FC-7445580 |
Summary
We are currently looking to appoint an Administrator for Children in Care to work in The Den within the Family Care Division.
The successful candidate must be customer focused, with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
Working Monday - Friday (the specific working hours will be agreed with the successful candidate).
Excellent organisational skills and an ability to work under pressure are essential requirements together with great attention to detail for ensuring data is recorded accurately onto the patient administration system to manage the booking of designated follow up clinics after discharge.
To be successful in this role you will possess excellent interpersonal and IT skills, GCSE Maths and English grade A–C (or equivalent) and have relevant office/secretarial experience. You must have effective communication skills and be adaptable to meet the service needs.
Knowledge of medical terminology, customer care and previous NHS experience are also desirable.
The main emphasis of this role is to provide a comprehensive and courteous clerical service to the Children in Care Team.
Duties will include answering telephone calls and emails in a prompt and courteous manner, admitting, discharging or transferring patients within the Children in Care Service, ensuring health information for children in care is shared appropriately with Derbyshire County Council and/or other health providers, and co-ordinating the booking of health assessments as required and recording accurate and timely outcomes of appointments.
Please see Job description for main duties of the job in attachments
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts, with a workforce of around 5,000 staff.
We are committed to working with our partners in Health and Social Care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Oct 2025
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