Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Apprentice Community Children Nursing Team(CCNT) - Administrator

The closing date is 29 July 2025

Job summary

The Trust is committed to offering apprenticeship training for our entry level vacancies. Apprenticeships also feature as part of our continued professional development, education and training; promoting career progression for current employees.

Eligibility for this apprenticeship

  • Applicants 18 years old or over.
  • Must have been resident in the UK / EU for the last 3 years (evidence needs to be provided)
  • If you already hold this level or higher level qualification in the same field, you are not eligible to apply for this position.
  • Continuation in the post will be subject to successful enrolment onto the apprenticeship within the first three months of employment, and will also be subject to you remaining on the course and successful completion.

The post holder will provide support and have responsibility to ensure the smooth and efficient administration of the Community Childrens Nursing Team (CCNT), upholding professionalism and confidentiality in their role. The post holder will contribute to the smooth running of the CCNT systems. This will include management of information, electronic records, diary entries, correspondence and reports. The ability to manage your own work load, highly organised and to use initiative is essential in this role.

Good written and verbal communication skills are vital for this position, as the post holder will be the first point of contact with families and other professionals and agencies.

***ADVERT MAY CLOSE EARLY DUE TO HIGH APPS***

Main duties of the job

  • To work closely within the CCN Team providing a wide range of administrative functions for the department.
  • To provide a good friendly service within the department to families and nursing staff using excellent communication skills.
  • To maintain efficient and records dealing appropriately with correspondence.
  • To support and assist the nursing team with various projects including research and collation of information for caseload audits and creating new resources.
  • To assist with the maintenance of equipment and test materials, plus liaising with medical electronics on the purchase, servicing and decontamination of medical equipment.
  • Responsible for maintaining sufficient supplies of equipment and medical supplies for children on the caseloads.
  • To ensure and take responsibility for maintaining confidentiality of all correspondence and information that relates to patients and staff.
  • Maintaining and auditing stationery and stock levels and placing replenishment orders.
  • To contribute to the development of best practice within the service.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Details

Date posted

15 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£30,546 to £32,206 a year pro rata p.a. incl.

Contract

Apprenticeship

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

293-CCS-0735

Job locations

Hackney Ark

Downs park road

London

E8 2FP


Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification

Essential

  • Four GCSE passes or equivalent to include Maths and English.
  • IT literate
  • Evidence of ongoing learning and development equivalent to NVQ level 3.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the health service or other public sector services.

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to use standard windows packages e.g MS office 365 including Outlook, word and Excel.
  • Ability to manipulate data within a data base spread sheet.
  • Excellent organisation and administrative skills.

Desirable

  • Updating websites and social media content .

Experience

Essential

  • At least 1 years experience in a pressurised office environment.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the health service or other public sector services.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues

Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values

Essential

  • Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
Person Specification

Education/ Qualification

Essential

  • Four GCSE passes or equivalent to include Maths and English.
  • IT literate
  • Evidence of ongoing learning and development equivalent to NVQ level 3.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the health service or other public sector services.

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to use standard windows packages e.g MS office 365 including Outlook, word and Excel.
  • Ability to manipulate data within a data base spread sheet.
  • Excellent organisation and administrative skills.

Desirable

  • Updating websites and social media content .

Experience

Essential

  • At least 1 years experience in a pressurised office environment.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the health service or other public sector services.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues

Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values

Essential

  • Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hackney Ark

Downs park road

London

E8 2FP


Employer's website

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hackney Ark

Downs park road

London

E8 2FP


Employer's website

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Children's Community Matron

Saira Ullah

saira.ullah@nhs.net

02070147096

Details

Date posted

15 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£30,546 to £32,206 a year pro rata p.a. incl.

Contract

Apprenticeship

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

293-CCS-0735

Job locations

Hackney Ark

Downs park road

London

E8 2FP


Supporting documents

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