About this role
Job summary
The Mental Health Support Team are looking for an administrator to join our developing team.
The role is, 30 hours per week.
You will be based in the Mental Health Support Team Office at Newland House, Northampton, but may be required to work from other bases or travel to our various locations across Northamptonshire as the need arise.
This post will have a strong focus on referral processing within MHST.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be expected to support the day to day delivery of the service . In your role, you will develop and build key relationships with internal and external stakeholders, service leads, practice areas and students and should therefore be a clear and confident communicator who is skilled at requesting information, often within tight timeframes.
The post will suit a person who is organised, has excellent communication skills, is accurate with data recording, works well as part of a team with the ability to work independently with guidance and support. The post holder will require an ability to prioritise workloads, organise training, diary management, complete basic office tasks, data collection, inputting using the appropriate tools and confident in devising agendas and note taking. You should be confident and competent in the use of Microsoft packages, e-systems and databases.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Education Essential
Maths and English GCSE or equivalent
Desirable
NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
Experience Essential
Previous experience of word processing packages Previous experience of providing secretarial/ administrative duties car driver
Desirable
Experience of working in the NHS
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 Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address Newland House
Northampton
NN1 3EB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)