Business Support Administrator

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

The closing date is 16 October 2024

Job summary

The Business Support Administratorwill work as part of a team delivering an efficient and effective Business Management Support service to the Sheffield Place team.

The successful candidate will work flexibly as part of the wider Corporate Governance team, support the Director of Corporate Governance and Board Secretary to deliver effective and compliant services and maintain business continuity.

Main duties of the job

  • As the first point of contact for the team, managing a range of queries and issues from colleagues, service users and a range of organisations.
  • Ensure complaints, comments and suggestions are dealt with sensitively and helpfully, referring on as needed.
  • Explain sometimes complex administrative and team processes in an understandable way to colleagues, patients, or external organisations.
  • Working together with other administrators/PAs across the organisations to provide an effective network of communication including dealing with visitors and being flexible to cover other administrators general duties.
  • Promote a positive image of the Service in all dealings; being professional, tactful, and helpful.
  • Exercise judgement when dealing with queries, resolving issues where possible and escalating as appropriate.
  • Plan and carry out administrative tasks, working independently, taking guidance and advice from line manager.
  • Prepare word processing documents, letters, emails, and reports when/if required.
  • Plan and organise meetings for the Sheffield Place team and plan any administrative work as required.
  • Prepare agendas and take notes at meetings.

If you have used any Artificial Intelligence (AI) programmes, such as ChatGPT, 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 4 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.

South Yorkshire ICB is a Disability Confident Employer

Date posted

09 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

D9133-1048

Job locations

SY ICB - 197 Eyre Street

Sheffield

S1 3FG


Job description

Job responsibilities

The Business Support Administrator will work as part of a team in delivering an efficient and effective Business Management Support service and will work as part of the Corporate Governance portfolio.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Business Support Administrator will work as part of a team in delivering an efficient and effective Business Management Support service and will work as part of the Corporate Governance portfolio.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent experience.

Attributes

Essential

  • Fosters good working relationships and values difference.
  • Able to work well as part of a team.

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

  • Knowledge of administrative systems and processes.
  • Understanding of confidentiality.

Desirable

  • Awareness of health services provision.

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Able to work on own initiative and unsupervised, within defined policies and procedures.
  • Good customer service skills.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Able to use tact and persuasion to support problem solving.
  • Intermediate knowledge of IT systems and software such as Microsoft Office.
  • Able to maintain concentration on tasks through interruptions.

Desirable

  • Able to explain processes and procedures to those unfamiliar with them.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in an office or team environment.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in healthcare or public sector environment.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent experience.

Attributes

Essential

  • Fosters good working relationships and values difference.
  • Able to work well as part of a team.

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

  • Knowledge of administrative systems and processes.
  • Understanding of confidentiality.

Desirable

  • Awareness of health services provision.

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Able to work on own initiative and unsupervised, within defined policies and procedures.
  • Good customer service skills.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Able to use tact and persuasion to support problem solving.
  • Intermediate knowledge of IT systems and software such as Microsoft Office.
  • Able to maintain concentration on tasks through interruptions.

Desirable

  • Able to explain processes and procedures to those unfamiliar with them.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in an office or team environment.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in healthcare or public sector environment.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Address

SY ICB - 197 Eyre Street

Sheffield

S1 3FG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Address

SY ICB - 197 Eyre Street

Sheffield

S1 3FG


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Business Support Manager (Sheffield Place)

Karen Shaw

Karen.shaw3@nhs.net

Date posted

09 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

D9133-1048

Job locations

SY ICB - 197 Eyre Street

Sheffield

S1 3FG


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