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Job summary

Main area
admin
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
7 months (Secondment/ Fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 Hours Monday-Friday)
Job ref
846-6461555-EP
Employer
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Dover District Council Offices
Town
Dover
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Admin Team Leader

NHS AfC: Band 4

Job overview

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Admin Team Leader to join our professional team Dover.  

We’re a close team but we’re never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Could you use your skills and experience to support the NHS to deliver great patient care? Great patient care needs great people to support clinical teams. That’s where you come in.

We’re always looking for enthusiastic, responsive, and adaptable people to join our outstanding trust. This role is an important one as you’ll be using your knowledge, experience and expertise to provide admin support to our hard-working frontline NHS teams.

We put patients first and we expect all of our colleagues to do the same, so although NHS experience isn’t a requirement for this role you’ll need to share our passion for delivering excellent patient care and keep that passion at the forefront of your professional activity at all times.

The challenges come thick and fast in this role but you’ll know that your input is contributing to the excellent experience our patients and service users have every day.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level 4 qualification (e.g. certificate of higher education, higher national certificate, NVQ level 4) or equivalent demonstrable experience
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Level 3 Team Leader or Supervisor or other leadership/management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Practical application of HR practices, policies and procedures
Desirable criteria
  • NHS administrative experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Leading teams in busy and pressurised environments
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with members of the public

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of handling confidential and sensitive information
Desirable criteria
  • Basic experience of a financial system i.e. Agresso

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Advanced knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of health and social care sector, including working knowledge of NHS structures, policies and processes

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work effectively with a wide range of people from different backgrounds at all levels of seniority
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to concentrate and focus on diverse tasks whilst dealing with frequent interruptions

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to prioritise, multi-task and respond quickly to changing priorities, reorganising own and teams workload to meet deadlines
Desirable criteria
  • Possess a willingness to learn

Ability to Manage

Essential criteria
  • Proven ability to manage staff including performance and absence management
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to cope with pressure during busy periods and act in a professional manner at all times

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareDisability confident leaderDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Care quality commission - OutstandingKent Community - Platinum Award LogoStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.KEiBA Valuing Disability Business of the Year 2021

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Adam Wilder
Job title
Business Support Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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