Senior Administrator - Neurodiversity Pathway

Job summary

Are you looking for a new and exciting admin role that will be the next step in your career?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Senior Administrator. The role demands excellent self-management and prioritisation skills to offer a high-quality service. You will work in a collaborative way to ensure a smooth and efficient service. You will work as part of a team and will have a positive influence on those around you.

This post is in the admin support hub for the Neurodiversity Pathway for children and young people across Herts who would benefit from a pre-assessment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or an autism assessment. This senior role will have responsibility for ensuring full admin support is offered to the admin and clinical teams across partner organisations.

The post holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies who provide assessment and support related to ADHD and/or autism in a variety of community settings.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a comprehensive, confidential and high quality service, undertaking a wide range of tasks, using organised admin systems, demonstrating initiative and motivation.
• Work in a managed rather than a supervised way, taking responsibility for various tasks, providing cross cover for other services should the need arise.
• Be responsible for a smooth and effective service by efficiently implementing/developing office systems and processes.
• Manage and prioritise incoming/outgoing correspondence via a variety of media and action as necessary, demonstrating a high level of professionalism, discretion/confidentiality, seeking advice and escalating issues when required.
• Plan staff rotas and cover; co-ordination of meetings; arrangements for delegates/presenter; booking of venues; manage diaries as required.
• Participate in team meetings, including typing and distributing minutes and prepare presentations as required.
• Be the main point of contact for a wide range of staff, external stakeholders/organisations, receiving and providing complex/sensitive information, ensuring that a professional image of the Trust is maintained at all times.
• Engage with staff at all levels of seniority and demonstrate effective influencing and persuading behaviours to ensure that deadlines are met and that the flow of work is prioritised in order that targets/objectives can be delivered.
• Line manage/train/develop less experienced/temporary staff.
• Train/develop new starters.

About us

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our service users, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Address

Howard Court

Tewin Road

Welwyn Garden City

AL7 1BW

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Address

Howard Court

Tewin Road

Welwyn Garden City

AL7 1BW

Employer's website

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

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