NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Business Support Officer

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join SY ICB NHS Complex Care Team as a Business Support Officer.

The post holder will be required to work under their own initiative as well as working as part of the Complex Care Team and will demonstrate a willingness to help others and be a key member of the team with responsibility for specifically allocated tasks. The post holder will be expected to follow set processes, prioritise their own workload and demonstrate initaitive in order to fulfil the requirements of the post. Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills are essential plus an ability to deal with highly sensitive and confidential information.

The successful candidate will support the Complex Care Team to ensure our statutory objectives are met and ensure a high-quality service is provided.

The successful candidate will assist the team to ensure that sound national and corporate governance processes are in place, working within the remit of the Mental Health Act (1983) and the Transforming Care agenda.

If you are interested in the role and think you have the right experience and abilities as detailed in the job description, please contact Jackie Sherwood on 07720 103391 or Nicky Winsor-Gray on 07904 555022 for an informal discussion.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Complex Care Team in ensuring the people of Rotherham, experience the best possible quality of services, clinical outcomes, and patient experience. They will deliver an effective and competent level of business support to consistently deliver a patient-focused service that promotes good and effective working relationships. The post holder will have proficient keyboard skills and be competent at using Microsoft Office programs, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook.

The post holder will be experienced in using data systems which enable accurate reporting to support future service delivery. They will provide business support to the team in a flexible and professional manner, whilst maintaining a patient focus and supporting other members of the business support team to fulfil their day-to-day duties.

SY ICB currently operate using a hybrid working model, combining both home and office working. There is an office space based in each Place across South Yorkshire for which all staff are entitled to work from.

The post holder must be willing to travel to other locations (sometimes nationally) to support the Head of Mental Health Complex Case Management and S117 Aftercare Manager with Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews.

If you have used any Artificial Intelligence (AI) programmes, such as ChatGTP, to support your application, please declare this at the start of your supporting statement.

About us

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our four places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.

Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider determinants of health in South Yorkshire.

Details

Date posted

17 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

D9133-1010

Job locations

Riverside House

Main Street

Rotherham

S60 1AE


Job description

Job responsibilities

You should possess:

  • NVQ level 4 or above in Business Administration or can demonstrate equivalent experience.
  • Significant Business Support Officer Experience.
  • Demonstratable experience in dealing with the public and sensitive information.
  • Understanding of Information Governance Systems and Processes.
  • Work with the team to ensure the effective business processing of patient documentation.
  • Refer and signpost enquiries to appropriate clinician or team.
  • Liaise and request specific documents from social care and learning disability nurse assessors regarding care package details and support plans ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times.
  • Communicate effectively with all callers, providing professional and well-informed responses and dealing with matters in a courteous manner.
  • Coordinating meetings with other staff members including contacting providers, professionals, and individuals.
  • Acting as a point of contact for teams, dealing and responding effectively with complex queries from stakeholders and passing on relevant information to appropriate team members sensitively.
  • Liaise with internal and external finance teams to ensure accurate financial information is recorded on the database.
  • Deal with invoice queries in an efficient and timely manner to ensure payment is not delayed.
  • Update care product codes on the database to enable effective financial reporting and forecasting.
  • Update the databases/systems with uplifts to care provision.
  • To assist with setting up and providing the Business Support for Section 117 Funding Forum, Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews and Dynamic Support Registers (including minute taking and coordination of meetings.)

Job description

Job responsibilities

You should possess:

  • NVQ level 4 or above in Business Administration or can demonstrate equivalent experience.
  • Significant Business Support Officer Experience.
  • Demonstratable experience in dealing with the public and sensitive information.
  • Understanding of Information Governance Systems and Processes.
  • Work with the team to ensure the effective business processing of patient documentation.
  • Refer and signpost enquiries to appropriate clinician or team.
  • Liaise and request specific documents from social care and learning disability nurse assessors regarding care package details and support plans ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times.
  • Communicate effectively with all callers, providing professional and well-informed responses and dealing with matters in a courteous manner.
  • Coordinating meetings with other staff members including contacting providers, professionals, and individuals.
  • Acting as a point of contact for teams, dealing and responding effectively with complex queries from stakeholders and passing on relevant information to appropriate team members sensitively.
  • Liaise with internal and external finance teams to ensure accurate financial information is recorded on the database.
  • Deal with invoice queries in an efficient and timely manner to ensure payment is not delayed.
  • Update care product codes on the database to enable effective financial reporting and forecasting.
  • Update the databases/systems with uplifts to care provision.
  • To assist with setting up and providing the Business Support for Section 117 Funding Forum, Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews and Dynamic Support Registers (including minute taking and coordination of meetings.)

Person Specification

Attributes

Essential

  • Fosters good working relationships and values diversity and difference.
  • Willingness to travel to locations nationally when necessary.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant secretarial /administrative experience.
  • Significant experience of initiating and maintaining office systems (e.g. filing systems).
  • Experience of drafting correspondence.
  • Demonstrable experience in dealing with the public and managing sensitive and confidential information.
  • Demonstrable experience of minute taking and producing reports.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a distributed team based in a number of locations.
  • Previously worked in similar position within a healthcare or public sector environment.

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • A high level of accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
  • Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise work and manage stakeholder expectations.
  • A flexible/adaptable approach to work in order to meet various deadlines.
  • Ability to work at pace in a busy working environment and able to multi-task.
  • Able to undertake duties effectively and accurately, working on own initiative unsupervised, within defined policies and procedures to set timescales.
  • Provides a high standard of customer service to all internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong team player with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
  • Excellent writing, and presentation skills: capable of constructing and delivering clear information/ instructions to staff and service users.
  • Ability to communicate clearly with a wide range of stakeholders (internal and external), both verbally and in writing, in situations where tact, diplomacy and influencing skills may be required.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good working knowledge of administrative processes and procedures.
  • Intermediate knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel and SharePoint.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to NVQ 4 level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience.
Person Specification

Attributes

Essential

  • Fosters good working relationships and values diversity and difference.
  • Willingness to travel to locations nationally when necessary.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant secretarial /administrative experience.
  • Significant experience of initiating and maintaining office systems (e.g. filing systems).
  • Experience of drafting correspondence.
  • Demonstrable experience in dealing with the public and managing sensitive and confidential information.
  • Demonstrable experience of minute taking and producing reports.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a distributed team based in a number of locations.
  • Previously worked in similar position within a healthcare or public sector environment.

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • A high level of accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
  • Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise work and manage stakeholder expectations.
  • A flexible/adaptable approach to work in order to meet various deadlines.
  • Ability to work at pace in a busy working environment and able to multi-task.
  • Able to undertake duties effectively and accurately, working on own initiative unsupervised, within defined policies and procedures to set timescales.
  • Provides a high standard of customer service to all internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong team player with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
  • Excellent writing, and presentation skills: capable of constructing and delivering clear information/ instructions to staff and service users.
  • Ability to communicate clearly with a wide range of stakeholders (internal and external), both verbally and in writing, in situations where tact, diplomacy and influencing skills may be required.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good working knowledge of administrative processes and procedures.
  • Intermediate knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel and SharePoint.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to NVQ 4 level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Address

Riverside House

Main Street

Rotherham

S60 1AE


Employer's website

https://southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Address

Riverside House

Main Street

Rotherham

S60 1AE


Employer's website

https://southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Jackie Sherwood

07720103391

Details

Date posted

17 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

D9133-1010

Job locations

Riverside House

Main Street

Rotherham

S60 1AE


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