Clinical Administrator

Job summary

Job title: Clinical Administrator

Band: Band 3

Reports to: Clinical Ward Manager

Accountable to: Matron

Values: Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is a major employer and provider of services. Our Service Users, Carers and Staff are central, and our Values are important, to the delivery of high-quality care.

We actively seek out individuals who share these values: o Working together for service users o Respect and kindness o Everyone counts o Commitment to quality o Improving lives

Job purpose:

This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced and established team working with individuals experiencing acute mental health problems.

Endcliffe Ward is a purpose built psychiatric intensive care unit which has 10 beds. This is a locked unit providing 24 hour care for people in a mental health crisis who require a safe, controlled environment with high intensity nursing care. Endcliffe Ward is a low stimulus environment with high levels of observation and high intensity care planning.

You will be a positive, well organised and motivated individual and will provide dedicated administration support to a wide multi-disciplinary team.

See JD and PS for more details.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced and established team working with individuals experiencing acute mental health problems. Endcliffe Ward is a purpose built psychiatric intensive care unit which has 10 beds. This is a locked unit providing twenty-four-hour care for people in a mental health crisis who require a safe, controlled environment with high intensity nursing care. Endcliffe Ward is a low stimulus environment with high levels of observation and high intensity care planning.

You will be a positive, well organised and motivated individual and will provide dedicated administration support to a wide multi-disciplinary team. The role of Clinical Administrator will be responsible for the provision of a high quality and dedicated administration service. A key requirement of the job is to support the clinical team in the functioning of the ward, providing help with staffing, ordering, auditing systems, minute taking, servicing of equipment and answering the phone etc.

You must be able to organise your own workload, prioritise your work effectively and have the ability to work on your own initiative, as well as an awareness of issues in relation to confidentiality. It is essential that you have excellent communication, organisational skills and be able to converse with a wide range of professionals. You should be flexible, adaptable and willing to work as part of a team in order to meet the changing needs of the service.

About us

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and indiscussion with the manager the post holder may be required toundertake other duties which fall within the Banding of the post. The jobdescription will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing servicerequirements and any such changes will be discussed with the postholder.The post holder should be comfortable in the use of computer technology,have basic keyboard skills and have the ability to use email.

See JD and PS for more details.