Senior Administration Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join the new Maternal Mental Health Service as a Senior Administrator. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with previous clerical experience who can communicate at all levels, work flexibly, and is able to organise and prioritise their workload. Good communication skills are essential, and we are looking for an individual with a passion to work in a team delivering key interventions to women and their families at a crucial time in their lives.

Main duties of the job:

• Provides administrative support to ensure efficient operation of office and services.
• Schedules meetings and carries out administrative duties such as filing, typing, copying, and scanning.
• Provides administrative support to all clinical teams and support services within administrative procedures.
• Contributes to planning & development of the Maternal Mental Health Service as a member of the wider team.
• Works autonomously and develops administration support systems.
• Responsible for all aspects of administration of team meetings, minute taking, and actions.
• Responsible for all incoming emails within the generic email accounts for referrals and administration for the learning disability team.

Working for our organisation:

We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East, and North Yorkshire. We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care. We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work, we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started. We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised. We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support. From city to countryside, market towns to moors, you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

Skills and Competencies:

• Able to plan and prioritise effectively.
• Ability to commute between the various sites.
• Light physical effort required for lifting stationery, files, sitting at a keyboard, or possibly standing at a reception desk.

Qualifications:

• Advanced keyboard skills: RSA/OCR III or equivalent/Advanced ECDL.
• 3 or more GCSE/O levels which must include English and Maths.
• A’ Level/BTEC Diploma/NVQ3 Business Administration/Customer Service or equivalent experiential learning.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.