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If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team that is dedicated to helping the people that we care for in the community? Then we would like to hear from you.

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Administrator to join our Older People and Adult Community (OPAC) Administration Team supporting the Older People Mental Health Team, Cambridge.

This is an office based role. The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times.

This post is open to those with the right attributes to enhance a team. In return we will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role.

We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The main principle of the role is to ensure the provision of a professional and competent service, offering an excellent customer care to patients, their families, and healthcare professionals. You will be leading and supervising a team of administrators and referral coordinators for the OPAC Mental Health Team and take operational responsibility for them and their allocation of work.

The post holder will deliver administrative services within the teams, duties will be ensuring processing of referrals, waiting list management and patient flow is consistent and effective across all Memory Assessment services. Supporting the recruitment and onboarding of new and locum staff, taking accurate messages and carrying out office duties. Word processing, accurately inputting data onto the relevant electronic system and any other general Admin duties that may be requested to the service manager or your line manager. 

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk