Management Support Team Administrator

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk. At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us! We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward-thinking Management Support Administrator supporting the GYW care group senior leadership team based at Northgate Hospital. This role is a 9 month fixed term contract - secondment for internal staff. The team manages and oversees clinical services that are provided by the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Care Group, supporting service users and their families and carers with their Mental Health. This includes both outpatient community services and inpatient beds with facilities in Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Carlton Colville and Lowestoft.

The successful applicant will work closely with other experienced administrators in an established team. You should be able to prioritise your work effectively, be forward thinking and have excellent communication skills. The ability to work both independently and as part of a team is essential. Experience of working within the NHS is advantageous but full training will be given.

You will need to be able to demonstrate the strength of your communication, prioritisation, and administration skills. You will be able to evidence a flexible response to service needs and the ability to think creatively. Experience of working to deadlines, on your own initiative and maintaining strict confidentiality are also essential.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to effective communication by liaising with internal and external parties and agencies as required on behalf of the team.
• Effective diary management as required for team members to include appointments / meetings, regular commitments to assist in organising the workload.
• To use electronic systems to input and access information as required by the management team.
• Attend and contribute to internal / external meetings relevant to the post.
• Deal with correspondence and communication liaising, prioritising and co-ordinating with the team.
• To maintain a clear code of conduct and high standards of customer service in terms of dignity, respect and excellent customer service to all internal and external customers.
• General administrative duties will also be undertaken to support the wider Service Business Support Team and will include, but not be limited to, accurate and timely input into Trust electronic systems, maintaining paper and electronic health records, minuting of meetings, diary management, recruitment, using Oracle and liaising with other Teams/Agencies as necessary.

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us?

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ 3 Business Administration or equivalent or working towards.
• NVQ 2 Customer Services or working towards.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Working knowledge of Microsoft packages or equivalent.
• Maintaining administrative / secretarial systems.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of NHS policy / procedures.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)

FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.

Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so. The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale. This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.