Clinical Administrator

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 16 March 2025

Job summary

This role will be office based at Kirkstone House, Kendal

The Community Mental Health Team is looking for a Clinical Administrator to join our admin team on a permanent basis supporting our Clinical Teams based at Kirkstone House, Kendal

We are inviting applications from individuals with excellent organisation skills, ability to work on your own or as a member of the wider admin team. The successful candidate will be able to communication with staff, servicer users, visitors and carers in a professional manner. The successful candidate must be computer literate, able to use Microsoft office packages and a good telephone manner.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent mental health and substance misuse services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

For more details of this role please contact us on the details provided

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a comprehensive administration and information service to the Community Mental Health Team within the Mental Health 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 Deputy Admin Lead 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

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Date posted

28 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY764-EB-A

Job locations

Kirkstone House

Kendal

LA9 7RG


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 3/RSA 2 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 3/RSA 2 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kirkstone House

Kendal

LA9 7RG


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kirkstone House

Kendal

LA9 7RG


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Amy Cook

Amy.Cook@lscft.nhs.uk

Date posted

28 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY764-EB-A

Job locations

Kirkstone House

Kendal

LA9 7RG


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