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Job summary

Main area
Community
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (7 day working, 365 days per year, on a rota basis)
Job ref
236-RCO-AC192-24-A
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Rochdale Infirmary
Town
Rochdale
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Team Administrator

Band 3

Job overview

We now have a several vacancies for  part time (30 hours per week), Band 3, Team Administrators  to work with the HMR Community Services Administration Team which is part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

You will be responsible for providing effective and efficient clerical and administrative support to teams of healthcare professionals. 

The role will be based within our Booking and Liaison service, providing support for our Community District Nursing and Boroughwide Teams to deliver an in-house call handling service.  You will be required to work as part of a team at a community base and provide cross cover to other services during periods of staff absence. 

This is a 7 day per week, 365 days per year service, on a rota basis.  There is an opportunity for hybrid working once all competencies have been signed off,  usually after a 6 month period in post.

The normal working shift pattern is 6 hours per day (covering early, late or mid shifts), with 5 shifts per week.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve the co-ordination and implementation of office procedures and will require a high degree of organisational skills and excellent working knowledge of administrative systems. You will often be the first point of contact and a focal point for the services requiring clear communication and liaison skills and will be responsible for managing and prioritising your own workload and will be required to use your own initiative.

You will receive referrals via email and telephone, will data input accurately, will ensure all communication is passed over to the relevant nursing teams. Patients calls are dealt with in accordance with the NCA Trust Values. You will demonstrate flexibility and be able to cover a different shift at short notice. You will be confident in communication with clinicians and patients in a professional manner. 

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk 

Person specification

Essential Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Education to GCSE level/GCE ‘O’ Level
  • Word processing - Qualified to RSA II/NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification/demonstrable skills (60+ wpm at 95% accuracy
Desirable criteria
  • ECDL or equivalent qualification

Training and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience of providing clerical services
  • Experience of using IM&T systems for data entry
  • Experience of successfully working within tight time frames and to deadlines
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and understanding of the National Health Service
  • Minute taking experience

Skills/ Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft packages
  • Advanced keyboard skills
  • Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner
  • Proven organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload with interruptions and changing priorities
  • Good numerical skills
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritise own workload
  • Knowledge of a full range of administration procedures and their application to improve service efficiency and effectivenes
  • Good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of the Data Protection Act.
  • Knowledge of Information Governance with regard to maintaining confidentiality of person identifiable information

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work across all community sites, when required
  • Recognise equality and diversity and the importance of peoples’ rights with dignity and respect. Act in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel between a variety of community locations

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stephanie Heaps
Job title
Senior Team Administrator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01706 517657
Additional information

or

Catherine Melia

01706 517657

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