CHIS Failsafe Administrator

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

2 Permanent Full-Time roles required, 37.5 hrs per week, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary: Band 3 (£22,816 - £24,336)

This is a permanent positionand will be based at Lawton House, Bellringer Road, Trentham, Stoke on Trent ST4 8HH.

We are looking to recruit a Child Health Administrator who is motivated, flexible, and enthusiastic to join our Child Health Information Service (CHIS) Team.

Working as an operational member of the Child Health Information Service (CHIS) Team, you will be responsible, as part of the CHIS team, for processing and validating a wide range of highly confidential activities to support the day-to-day functioning of the department thus ensuring all aspects of the Healthy Child Programme are met.

Main duties of the job

The role will require an Administrator who will create, review and amend computerised records for children who reside or are the responsibility of childhood services within the West Midlands CHIS-Northern Hub (Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin). This is achieved by requesting information from Maternity Services, the previous Child Health Departments, Health Visiting, School Nurses Services etc. Recording information of immunisations, surveillance, neonatal screening results and NHS Number on to the Child Health Information System.

The successful candidate will have a positive, can-do attitude to work and will strive to be a highly effective member of the CHIS team. The role primarily consists of processing and updating health records for children to ensure these are correct and up to date, and it would be suited to someone who enjoys repetitive data review and entry and can carry out these tasks with a high degree of accuracy. They will need to be computer literate in Word, Excel, and electronic mail with excellent accuracy in data input.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

  • Supporting your career development and progression
  • Excellent NHS Pension scheme
  • Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Options for flexible working
  • Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
  • Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
  • If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
  • Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
  • Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
  • Free car parking at all trust sites
  • Free flu vaccinations every year
  • Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Date posted

12 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

Depending on experience Band 3

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-JP-24-6010639

Job locations

Lawton House

Bellringer Road

Trentham

ST4 8HH


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To complete administration tasks, review, quality check and input missing information on to electronic record systems following Trust guidelines.
  • To make, receive and deal with telephone queries in a professional manner, as agreed by the service, liaising with colleagues, GPs, and other agencies verbally, virtually and by email.
  • To liaise with the clinical teams to support the delivery of services across West Midlands CHIS-Northern Hub.
  • To communicate information to and receive information from managers, colleagues, and others, whilst being aware of the need to maintain confidentiality.
  • To adopt a constantly flexible team working approach to ensure that all individual and team objectives are completed efficiently and within given timescales.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To complete administration tasks, review, quality check and input missing information on to electronic record systems following Trust guidelines.
  • To make, receive and deal with telephone queries in a professional manner, as agreed by the service, liaising with colleagues, GPs, and other agencies verbally, virtually and by email.
  • To liaise with the clinical teams to support the delivery of services across West Midlands CHIS-Northern Hub.
  • To communicate information to and receive information from managers, colleagues, and others, whilst being aware of the need to maintain confidentiality.
  • To adopt a constantly flexible team working approach to ensure that all individual and team objectives are completed efficiently and within given timescales.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Achieved grade

Desirable

  • Achieved grade

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience

Skills

Essential

  • Essential skills

Desirable

  • Essential skills
Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Achieved grade

Desirable

  • Achieved grade

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience

Skills

Essential

  • Essential skills

Desirable

  • Essential skills

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

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lawton House

Bellringer Road

Trentham

ST4 8HH


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lawton House

Bellringer Road

Trentham

ST4 8HH


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Child Health Manager

Karen Gordon

karen.gordon@sshis.nhs.uk

01283894991

Date posted

12 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

Depending on experience Band 3

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-JP-24-6010639

Job locations

Lawton House

Bellringer Road

Trentham

ST4 8HH


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