Therapy Administration Assistant

Job summary

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The Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 2 Administration Assistant to join our friendly administration team. We are looking for part-time (19 hours per week) to cover 9 months maternity leave. This position will be based at Haywood Hospital, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

The ICSS team supports patients for their first 6 weeks at home following a stroke.

You must have good written and verbal communication skills, the ability to communicate clearly, sensitively and calmly on the telephone with patients who may have communication difficulties and work effectively in a team setting. Previous experience of administration and booking systems and experience of working within the NHS would be an advantage but not essential as full training will be given.

This is a busy environment to work in with constant demand for appointments and supporting our clinical staff, but you will be working with a great team of people who will support you along the way.

Main duties of the job

Job Responsibilities include:

Telephone - The post holder will be booking and rescheduling appointments for patients. The post-holder will be required to handle incoming telephone calls and dealing with queries from patients, relatives, carers, therapy staff and other agencies.

Administrative - Supporting clinical services including scanning, filing, creating and sending clinic appointment letters and supporting information and supporting projects and audits as required. The post holder will be working in a base to support the clinical staff with administrative tasks.

ICT - Use of electronic patient records system for booking patients. Monitor and action tasks on work lists. Confident in the use of Office 365 packages especially excel, email communication and Microsoft Teams. Previous experience with RIO and CareFlow would be very useful.

Quality and audit - To be actively contribute to service improvement and be involved in patient engagement and feedback.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by

Supporting your career development and progression.

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resource.

If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.

Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This vacancy is only open at this stage to internal employees of the following organisations within the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System:

  • Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
  • North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, inclusive of Black Country Procurement Group and North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service.
  • Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

For full details of the role, please see attached the job description and person specification. If you do have any further questions regarding the role, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential
  • Willingness to acquire new skills and broaden areas of competence commensurate with the grade

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES

Essential
  • Significant IT and software/database knowledge
  • Knowledge of secretarial processes
Desirable
  • Experience using RIO
  • Experience using Iportal
  • Experience using Careflow

Experience

Essential
  • Previous experience of office and Administration procedures
  • Experience of using computer based information systems in an office environment including the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook.
  • Experience in taking minutes and producing clear accurate notes
  • Ability to plan, organise own workload and timely responses
  • Maintain security and confidentiality of information at all times
  • To achieve agreed targets, meet deadlines and respond flexibly to changing needs and priorities with limited supervision, remaining calm under pressure
  • Proven ability to work with minimum direct supervision demonstrating ability to use initiative and problem solving skills
  • Awareness of equal opportunities
Desirable
  • Administrator within the NHS

Qualifications and Training

Essential
  • GCSE Maths and English Grade C/4 and above
  • NVQ level 2 /RSA 2 or equivalent
Desirable
  • Rio Training
  • I portal Training
  • Careflow Training
  • European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Haywood Hospital

High Lane

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

ST6 7AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk

Job Details

Company
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 7AG, United Kingdom
Salary
£25272.00
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