About this role
Job summary
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated people with and administrative background to support our All Age Continuing Care Service. These roles are key to delivering our statutory responsibilities for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and Funded Nursing Care (FNC).
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Please note this post is only accepting applications from current staff members of North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and staff members of North of England Commissioning Support (NECS).
Main duties of the job
To provide an effective and efficient business support service to the organisation. The post holder will contribute to the smooth and efficient running of the service working with colleagues across the NENC ICB, ensuring deadlines are achieved within a constantly changing workload.
About us
Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.
The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.
With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.
The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.
Job description Job responsibilities
What Youll Do:
Provide line management to our Business Support Assistants
Provide administrative support for CHC/FNC referrals and processes
Communicate with patients, families, and external partners (by phone and face-to-face)
Handle enquiries and direct them appropriately
Maintain accurate records and provide cross-cover across admin functions as needed
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
A good standard of secondary education to GCSE level or equivalent incl. mathematics and English
Desirable
NVQ Level 2 Business Administration qualification/ equivalent qualification or equivalent business support experience Working towards NVQ level 3 Business Administration qualification or equivalent qualification/experience. ECDL
Experience Essential
Minute/note taking experience. Experience of working in a busy office environment
Desirable
Experience of working in an NHS or healthcare administrative environment Formal minute taking experience. Experience of working in a busy team. Experience of working in a healthcare administrative environment Experience of working with NHS Oracle procurement system Experience of working to tight deadlines
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 North East & North Cumbria ICB
Address Business Support Administrator
Henry St
Gosforth
NE3 1DQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)