About this role
Job summary
To provide comprehensive administrative support to the Integrated Children's Community Nursing and Therapy team. Based in Lancaster, the post holder would be required to prioritise incoming business to meet service demands and to work on own initiative to support the team.
The Integrated Children's Nursing and Therapy Team works to provide a service for children who have physical difficulties, communication difficulties, and nursing needs in the community.
The ICNT team is part of the University Hospital of Morecambe Bay Trust which is a Universityteachinghospital that providescommunityandhospitalservicesacrosstheMorecambeBayarea.
We are committed to making the Trust 'a great place to be cared for; a great place to work' through the delivery of highest possible standards of compassionate care.
Main duties of the job
To provide a range of secretarial support to Integrated Children's Nursing and Therapy Team with the support of the Team Co-ordinator. To assist in the organisation of the services workload, to act as first point of contact for patients, relatives, carers and other outside agencies, adding referrals, arranging appointments (in a variety of contexts from homes, schools, nurseries, children centres), scheduling clinics / group sessions, ordering supplies, raising purchase orders, scanning and creating resources. This list is not exhaustive.
An integral part of the role is the input and extraction of data/information from the Trust's patient information and related IT systems, plus the provision of relevant documentation and data to ensure information is fully up to date.
In undertaking the role, the post holder will be required to initiate own tasks and prioritise own workload under the supervision of the Team Co-ordinator.
About us
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Job description Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person Specification
Essential Essential
NVQ in administration or equivalent experience GCSE in maths or English Experience of working in an administrative post Computer literate Prioritise own workload
Desirable
Previous NHS experience Ability to travel
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 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
Address Longlands Child Development Centre
Westbourne Drive
Lancaster
LA15EE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)