Senior Clinical Administrator

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Administrator to join our team at Stewart House, within the directorate of Adult Mental Health.

Stewart House is a 30 bedded unit, 15 Female Skye Ward and 15 Male Arran Ward, for patients needing longer stay in a hospital setting for rehabilitation due to the severity of their mental health illness.

The role of a Senior Clinical Administrator is diverse, with each day bringing new challenges and rewards.The successful candidate will have experience working in an admin role capacity and be able to work cohesively with others to ensure they are maximising the efficient use of time.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer:

A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
Free onsite parking
Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
Health and Wellbeing Support

Main duties of the job

Due to the fast pace and nature of the work, the post holder would be required to have the essential knowledge and experience or be willing to learn and develop from commencement and be able to demonstrate within the following areas.

As a Senior Clinical Administrator, you will plan, organise and prioritise the diaries and workload of yourself and others (aligned managers) without direct supervision whilst working to meet deadlines.

You will be required to communicate effectively, written, verbal and face to face with professionals and service-users at all levels in health and agencies external to the service.

You will be supervising staff with their day -to-day workload, completing supervisions, and ensuring their training is complaint.

You will be using your own initiative, working with confidential and highly sensitive information, showing attention to detail and the ability to work accurately, whilst understanding the importance of adhering to the trust policies and local procedures.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

11 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9313-24-0837

Job locations

Stewart House

The Rise

Leicester

LE19 4SL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job Despriction and Personal Specification for further details on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job Despriction and Personal Specification for further details on the role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working corporately within a large, multi-professional team.
Experience of providing administration support for a range of projects and assisting the project managers in updating key documentation such action logs and presentations.
Experience of managing a team which works to a standard which is compliant with policy, procedure and other quality frameworks.
Experience of receiving, recording, and relaying complex information both verbal via telephone and written.

Qualifications

Essential

Good standard of education including GCSE English and Mathematics Grade C (new Grade 4) or higher.
ILM Level 3 or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience.
Full working knowledge and ability to demonstrate in all Microsoft Office packages.

Desirable

Knowledge of administrative procedures and systems acquired through training and experience vocational/ NVQ level 3 or equivalent.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Experience in the development and implementation of electronic or paper-based office systems, which are continually maintained and updated.
Able to work under pressure with conflicting demands and interruptions, maintaining a high level of performance.
Attending meetings and events including taking accurate and informative notes/minutes, identifying, and following up actions.

Standard Requirements

Essential

Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working corporately within a large, multi-professional team.
Experience of providing administration support for a range of projects and assisting the project managers in updating key documentation such action logs and presentations.
Experience of managing a team which works to a standard which is compliant with policy, procedure and other quality frameworks.
Experience of receiving, recording, and relaying complex information both verbal via telephone and written.

Qualifications

Essential

Good standard of education including GCSE English and Mathematics Grade C (new Grade 4) or higher.
ILM Level 3 or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience.
Full working knowledge and ability to demonstrate in all Microsoft Office packages.

Desirable

Knowledge of administrative procedures and systems acquired through training and experience vocational/ NVQ level 3 or equivalent.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Experience in the development and implementation of electronic or paper-based office systems, which are continually maintained and updated.
Able to work under pressure with conflicting demands and interruptions, maintaining a high level of performance.
Attending meetings and events including taking accurate and informative notes/minutes, identifying, and following up actions.

Standard Requirements

Essential

Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection.

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.