Job summary
- Main area
- Renal
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 24 hours per week
- Job ref
- 438-PB2401
- Employer
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kendal Home Therapy Unit. Kendal Dialysis Unit
- Town
- Kendal
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 Per annum/Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/05/2025
Employer heading
Home Therapy Administrator
Band 3
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time (24 hours) Home Therapy Administrator to join the Renal Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The successful candidate will provide support to the Home Therapy Team within the department.
This is an excellent and exciting opportunity to join the Renal Department at Kendal Renal Unit which is a very busy and fast paced department providing patient care across Lancashire & South Cumbria, East Lancashire, Blackpool & Fylde and surrounding areas. We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and adaptable individual who has an interest in improving patient experience and is looking for a challenge in a post that is both interesting and varied.
You will possess excellent administrative skills, be a team player with a flexible approach to working.
We require a well organised person to co-ordinate the changing requirements of home dialysis patients in respect of their dialysis prescriptions and consumables as well as providing effective support and co-ordination of home dialysis and holiday dialysis.
You should ideally possess excellent communication skills and have experience of entering data. Good organisational and communication skills are essential.
The post supports the Home Therapy Manager and therefore administrative experience and a typing speed of 50wpm is desirable.
Knowledge of a hospital working environment and medical terminology would be an advantage.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible person looking for a challenge in a post that is both interesting and varied.
You will possess excellent administrative skills, be a team player with a flexible approach to working.
We require a well organised person to co-ordinate the changing requirements of home dialysis patients in respect of their dialysis prescriptions and consumables as well as providing effective support and co-ordination of home dialysis and holiday dialysis.
You should ideally possess excellent communication skills and have experience of entering data. Good organisational and communication skills are essential.
The post supports the Home Therapy Manager and therefore administrative experience and a typing speed of 50wpm is desirable.
Knowledge of a hospital working environment and medical terminology would be an advantage – we don’t want to just throw you in at the deep end so we are looking for someone who knows what it’s like to work in an office team environment. However, as all offices and systems are different, you will receive full training when you start so there will be plenty of opportunity to grow and develop new skills as well as show us what you can do with yours. The ability to use your initiative and work as a member of a busy team is essential.
Working for our organisation
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the major acute Trusts in the North West with a complement of over 1000 beds for a local population of 390,000 and a regional population of 1.5 million.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will demonstrate excellent organisational and communication skills by being the point of contact for day to day enquiries, referring where necessary to more senior staff.
Organising incoming and outgoing correspondence, dealing with routine telephone enquiries as appropriate and referring to appropriate person as necessary.
Coordinate and liaise with Clinical Colleagues and all other staff wherever necessary.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Good General Education to GCSE standard
- ECDL or equivalent experience
- Administrative skills
Desirable criteria
- Efficient in the use of Microsoft Word for Windows
- Experience of Excel, email and internet
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Efficient in the use of Microsoft Word for Windows
- Experience of Excel, email and internet
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in a health care or related setting.
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Roper
- Job title
- Clinical Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01772 528146
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