Receptionist/Clinical Administrator

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 06 April 2025

Job summary

At LSCFT we are passionate about providing high quality patient centred care. We are currently recruiting a forward thinking, reliable and enthusiastic Administration team member to join our busy administration team based at The Gateway, Fylde Coast.

As a vital team member you will provide excellent administration and communication skills and work flexibly in response to the service needs.

You will have strong interpersonal and organisational skills, be computer literate and be able to use a variety of systems including Excel and Microsoft Office, possess excellent time management skills along with the ability to manage competing demands and priorities.

This is a very varied role and would suit someone who is highly motivated and capable of working on their own initiative, with a medium level of supervision.

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed individual to join the Administrative Team and assist in the smooth running of the service.

The successful candidate will have a good all round administration skills/experience and knowledge of customer service. You will be required to work flexibly in response to the needs of the networks administration service, providing cover to various sites as directed by their administration line manager to ensure continuity of a quality service provision.

The Fylde coast admin team will provide you with a fantastic, friendly and supportive working environment.

Main duties of the job

o Provide a range of secretarial duties to the team or departmento Attend departmental meetings on a regular basiso Ensure data is inputted accurately and timely and proactivelyo Be the first point of contact for the team or department. Greeting visitors, answering telephones, taking and forwarding messages, ensuring that all telephone and personal callers receive a prompt, courteous, non-judgmental and well-informed response.o Respond to queries, dealing with routine matters and passing on more complex queries to the appropriate member of staffo Provide day to day support to clinical teams and colleagueso Work collaboratively with the appropriate management teams and other departments and ensure that all cases are dealt with in a timely mannero Typing appointments/discharge letters

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

24 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum (pro-rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-FYL596-CS

Job locations

The Gateway

Seasiders Way

Blackpool

FY1 6JW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the detailed job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for the full list of duties and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the detailed job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for the full list of duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Administrative qualification at NVQ Level 2/RSA 2 OCR Level 1 or 2 or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working with Microsoft Office applications
  • Working with databases

Desirable

  • Working with NHS data systems such as iPM, eCPA

Experience

Essential

  • Working in an office environment
  • Working with members of the public

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively both written & verbal
  • Good organisational skills
  • Good grammar and numeracy skills

Desirable

  • Data input and retrieval experience

Personal

Essential

  • Treats people with courtesy and respect at all times
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Ability to work flexibly and comply with all requirements of post
  • Willingness to travel around the organisational footprint
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Administrative qualification at NVQ Level 2/RSA 2 OCR Level 1 or 2 or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working with Microsoft Office applications
  • Working with databases

Desirable

  • Working with NHS data systems such as iPM, eCPA

Experience

Essential

  • Working in an office environment
  • Working with members of the public

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively both written & verbal
  • Good organisational skills
  • Good grammar and numeracy skills

Desirable

  • Data input and retrieval experience

Personal

Essential

  • Treats people with courtesy and respect at all times
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Ability to work flexibly and comply with all requirements of post
  • Willingness to travel around the organisational footprint

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

The Gateway

Seasiders Way

Blackpool

FY1 6JW


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Gateway

Seasiders Way

Blackpool

FY1 6JW


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Recruiting Manager

Caroline Birtles

caroline.birtles@lscft.nhs.uk

01253951640

Date posted

24 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum (pro-rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-FYL596-CS

Job locations

The Gateway

Seasiders Way

Blackpool

FY1 6JW


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