South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

G2 and FM1 Senior Ward Administrator

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Job summary

This position is split between two Croydon Acute wards at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. Gresham Ward 2 is part of Bethlem Royal Hospital. We offer services for men, aged 18-65, who have acute mental illness and require 24 hour hospital care. Acute illnesses start quickly and have distressing symptoms.We provide care for people who live in the London Borough of Croydon.We offer psychiatric assessment, care and treatment in hospital, which helps to reduce the risk to self and others.Our service brings together teams of health and social care professionals, including nurses, social workers and psychiatrists. Fitzmary 1 ward is a female only inpatient units. We offer a comprehensive assessment, care and treatment service. Our treatment programme is aligned with the Recovery model and our inpatient staff work closely with our community services to ensure our patients receive the best care both during and after discharge.

Main duties of the job

Supporting the ward manager and ward consultant
Supervising Band 3 Administrator
Update various trackers
Complete regular clinical systems audits
Track section dates and tribunals
Support with ward round
Minute taking
Fire and Health and Safety trained

About the role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced and proficient team administrator.

The successful applicant will possess robust organisational skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will also be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes including Outlook, Word and Excel. The post holder will be comfortable with IT and be keen to learn new software packages and processes.This is a challenging role working within a busy ward environment and it is therefore important that you are enthusiastic, motivated and able to work under pressure. You must be able to demonstrate the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

About us

Benefits:

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Counselling services
Wellbeing events
Long service awards
Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Childcare vouchers
Staff restaurants

We look forward to receiving your application.

Date posted

06 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£29,460 to £31,909 a year per annum inc of HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-CRY-5584369-TA

Job locations

Bethlem Royal Hospital

Monks Orchard Road

Beckenham

BR3 3BX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Supporting the ward manager and ward consultant
Supervising Band 3 Administrator
Update various trackers
Complete regular clinical systems audits
Support band 5 admin lead if required
Completing monthly financial constraints
Track section dates and tribunals
Support with ward round
Minute taking
Fire and Health and Safety trained
Ad hoc admin duties

Job description

Job responsibilities

Supporting the ward manager and ward consultant
Supervising Band 3 Administrator
Update various trackers
Complete regular clinical systems audits
Support band 5 admin lead if required
Completing monthly financial constraints
Track section dates and tribunals
Support with ward round
Minute taking
Fire and Health and Safety trained
Ad hoc admin duties

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Secretarial qualification or demonstrative experience
Good standard of general education including English and Mathematics
Strong time management skills
Good experience of using Microsoft 365; Microsoft Outlook and diary management
Awareness and understanding or the importance of maintaining confidentiality and data protection procedures
Strong minute taking skills
Ability to use own initiative and work unsupervised

Desirable

Experience of working in an NHS environment, ideally in a mental health setting
An understanding of Electronic Patient Journey System, or other relevant NHS Trust electronic database

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Secretarial qualification or demonstrative experience
Good standard of general education including English and Mathematics
Strong time management skills
Good experience of using Microsoft 365; Microsoft Outlook and diary management
Awareness and understanding or the importance of maintaining confidentiality and data protection procedures
Strong minute taking skills
Ability to use own initiative and work unsupervised

Desirable

Experience of working in an NHS environment, ideally in a mental health setting
An understanding of Electronic Patient Journey System, or other relevant NHS Trust electronic database

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bethlem Royal Hospital

Monks Orchard Road

Beckenham

BR3 3BX

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bethlem Royal Hospital

Monks Orchard Road

Beckenham

BR3 3BX

Employer's website

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