Senior Administrator - Band 3

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 10 October 2024

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Cheltenham Integrated Community Teams (ICT) providing a wide range of administrative support functions that are essential to the provision of quality community health for adults in the locality. The successful candidate will join a well-established, knowledgeable, administrative team working alongside a range of clinical, professional staff. You will work as part of the Administration Team to ensure the efficient and effective provision of administration services for MDT. If you would like to work for an Organisation that values its staff, aims to deliver the best care, offering compassion to service users, their carers and families, we would like to hear from you

For further information please contact Sarah Parsons (Admin Lead) on 0300 421 8367

Main duties of the job

The role is extremely varied and requires the ability to deal with a wide range of duties. Supporting the Admin Lead the successful candidate will contribute to the continuing development of administrative support within this fast-paced environment and supporting the wider ICT teams.

Applicants should evidence an ability to be calm under pressure and a willingness to undertake and learn new tasks. A range of communication skills, verbal and written, are essential for this role as is the ability to manage challenging deadlines.

This role will involve significant manual handling for stock delivery.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Date posted

24 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum (pro rota)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-24-891

Job locations

Independent Living Centre,

Village Road,

Cheltenham,

GL51 0BY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level in Mathematics and English to Grade C and above.

Desirable

NVQ level 2 in administration or an appropriate equivalent qualification or experience.

Experience

Essential

Experience supporting teams or managers
Experience of working as a part of a team.

Desirable

Experience of supervising staff.
Setting up and running effective office systems.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level in Mathematics and English to Grade C and above.

Desirable

NVQ level 2 in administration or an appropriate equivalent qualification or experience.

Experience

Essential

Experience supporting teams or managers
Experience of working as a part of a team.

Desirable

Experience of supervising staff.
Setting up and running effective office systems.

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.