About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a motivated, organised and enthusiastic individual to join our team as an Apprentice within the Rostering Services Department at King's Mill Hospital.
This is an exciting opportunity to begin your career in healthcare administration while gaining valuable practical experience in a busy and supportive healthcare environment. As part of the Rostering Services team, you will develop a wide range of administrative, organisational and computer skills while working alongside experienced colleagues.
The successful candidate will provide comprehensive computerised and clerical administrative support to the Rostering Services Department. You will play an important role in helping to deliver flexible, efficient and high-quality staffing and administrative support to wards and departments across King's Mill Hospital.
This apprenticeship offers an excellent opportunity to learn, develop and make a real contribution to the delivery of high-quality patient care. If you are keen to learn, enjoy working as part of a team and are looking to build a rewarding career in healthcare administration, we would love to hear from you.
Start your career with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and take the first step towards a rewarding future in healthcare administration. Apply now and become an important part of our dedicated Rostering Services team at King's Mill Hospital.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Knowledge and understanding of a range of administration and HR work procedures and practices, some of which are non-routine in nature Knowledge of the relevant procedures, plus knowledge of how to deal with related non-routine activities, such as answering queries, progress chasing, task-related problem solving. Knowledge of specialised IT systems, with the ability to problem solve to answer system queries effectively
Desirable
Previous NHS experience
Qualifications Essential
Good standard general education to GCSE level. ECDL or willingness to work towards RSA / NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience
Further Training Essential
Vocational Level 3 or equivalent experience
Experience and Responsibility Essential
Previous clerical experience Previous customer care experience Computer literate, with previous experience of using a keyboard Experience of working to strict deadlines and under pressure Experience of updating IT systems to ensure information is accurate and up to date
Desirable
Previous experience of using Allocate Systems
Contractual Requirements Essential
Regular attendance and willingness to work flexible hours as necessary Adherence to Trust and Departmental policies and procedures.
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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)