Clerical Officer

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 October 2024

Job summary

Due to the evolving needs of our service a new role has been created for an administration assistant to cover the Children's Therapy Service (CTS) Central and West locality. You will support all three therapy teams of Children's Speech & Language, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. You will be initially based at Leyland House, Leyland Business Park, Centurion Way, Preston. The needs of the service will dictate your base however, you will be given your place of work on a Rota basis. You will have free parking on site at Leyland House and at our Adlington Clinic.

Our service provides vital care for children needing support. CTS plays pivotal role in a child's development and well being. You will be the first point of contact for care givers and professionals who refer into the service.

With a demanding workload in a busy office environment your duties will include but not be limited to administration tasks including; processing referrals, booking appointments electronically, taking calls, liaising with the clinical teams, coordinate activities to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided.

You will have administration and clerical experience. Your application must demonstrate proven experience of working with the public preferably in a health care or clerical setting.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a comprehensive administration and information service across the Adult Community Network, coordinating their activities with other members of the Business Administration Team to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided.

The post holder will be aligned to a specific team and is required to work flexibly in response to the needs of the Networks administrative service providing cover to departments on various sites as directed by their administration line manager to ensure continuity of a quality service provision.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

10 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-CEN1092-MC

Job locations

Childrens Therapy Services Admin Central

Preston

PR1 6SB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Administrative qualification at NVQ Level 2/RSA 2 or equivalent experience GCSE English Language A-C
ECDL or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

Working with databases
Working with Microsoft Office applications

Experience

Essential

Working in an office environment
Working with members of the public

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Administrative qualification at NVQ Level 2/RSA 2 or equivalent experience GCSE English Language A-C
ECDL or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

Working with databases
Working with Microsoft Office applications

Experience

Essential

Working in an office environment
Working with members of the public

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).

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