East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Administrator

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Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an administrator to join our EPRR team, providing administrative support for the team. The role may include working from both Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals with potential to also work from home.

EPRR plays a vital part in ensuring the Trust has robust plans, policies and procedures in place to protect patients, services, staff and the public in the event of an incident or emergency. The team has created an environment to support staff in development and growth, the varied nature of the role encourages the sharing of skills and knowledge, embracing innovation, to deliver excellence and value within our activities.

You will provide an efficient and comprehensive administration to our team, dealing with queries from both internal and external parties, managing inboxes and forwarding guidance to the relevant personnel. As well as general admin duties, the role will involve meeting administration and data collection and maintenance.

Main duties of the job

  • You must have the ability to communicate with staff of all levels with an organised and motivated approach whilst ensuring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • A good working knowledge and experience of all Microsoft office applications including Outlook is fundamental to working in this busy environment.
  • Ideally you will have previous experience of working in admin within the healthcare sector, although this is not essential.
  • Administrative organisation of various meetings inclusive of room bookings, collation of agenda items, completion of meeting notes/minutes and preparation of relevant documentation for review and distribution.
  • You will demonstrate excellent organisational skills, must be flexible in approach, able to exercise initiative, demonstrate a consistently high standard of professionalism and be aware of the need for confidentiality and integrity.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted

28 August 2024

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

432-HR1112-24

Job locations

Colchester and Ipswich

Colchester and Ipswich

CO4 5JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience working in an administrative role.
  • Inbox and Diary management experience
  • Experience of organising own workload to time specified deadlines
  • Working collaboratively as part of a team
  • Experience in working within a pressurised and busy environment.
  • Experience in minute taking.

Desirable

  • NHS/Public Sector experience
  • Experience with Standing Financial Instructions
  • Experience with Procurement Law
  • Experience working as a PA
  • Proven experience working with HR and Finance data.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good basic level of High school education
  • GCSE in Maths and English

Desirable

  • BTEC ONC/HNC in Business and Administration
  • Procurement Law

Knowledge

Essential

  • Microsoft Office Software - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote
  • Manual Office systems

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of TRAC, Selenity, ESR, integra
  • Shorthand
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience working in an administrative role.
  • Inbox and Diary management experience
  • Experience of organising own workload to time specified deadlines
  • Working collaboratively as part of a team
  • Experience in working within a pressurised and busy environment.
  • Experience in minute taking.

Desirable

  • NHS/Public Sector experience
  • Experience with Standing Financial Instructions
  • Experience with Procurement Law
  • Experience working as a PA
  • Proven experience working with HR and Finance data.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good basic level of High school education
  • GCSE in Maths and English

Desirable

  • BTEC ONC/HNC in Business and Administration
  • Procurement Law

Knowledge

Essential

  • Microsoft Office Software - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote
  • Manual Office systems

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of TRAC, Selenity, ESR, integra
  • Shorthand

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester and Ipswich

Colchester and Ipswich

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester and Ipswich

Colchester and Ipswich

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

EPRR Officer

Eric Gentry

eric.gentry@esneft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

28 August 2024

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

432-HR1112-24

Job locations

Colchester and Ipswich

Colchester and Ipswich

CO4 5JL


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