Administration Assistant

The Orders of St John Care Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday (including Bankolidays

Workplace pension

Free DBS

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend scheme up to £1000

Blue Light Card / My Rewards

Job summary

The Orders of St John Care Trust in Burnham is seeking an Administration Assistant to provide reception, administrative and basic finance support. You’ll be the first contact for visitors and help ensure infection control and testing protocols are followed.

You’ll also assist with events in the home and work with a caring team dedicated to delivering warm, person-centred care to residents living in our nursing home setting.

Qualifications

• Previous administrative or reception experience and confident with Microsoft Office.
• Experience handling cash and keeping reports up to date.
• Maths and English to GCSE level.
• Comfortable in an elderly care setting with caring, sensitive communication.

Responsibilities

• Support the Home Manager with reception, admin and basic finance tasks.
• Coordinate infection control and testing requirements.
• Organise couriers and related administrative duties.
• Plan and manage events in the home with the Activities Coordinator.
• Provide a professional, welcoming first point of contact.

Skills

Reception experience

Microsoft Office

Cash handling

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Job description

Administration Assistant

Location: Burnham

Pay rate: £13.04 per hour

Contracted Hours: Relief

ABOUT THE ROLE

You’ll support the Home Manager with a full range of reception, administrative and basic finance activities to ensure the Home runs smoothly. Often the first point of contact for enquiries, you’ll demonstrate a professional and welcoming manner to all those who visit, live and work in our homes. You will be responsible for ensuring that all our visitors follow the infection control rules in force at any given time, also taking the lead on coordinating any testing requirements, organising couriers and associated administrative tasks.

Our homes are fun, so you’ll also assist with the planning and management of events that take place in the home, including celebrating residents’ milestone birthdays, fetes, employee presentations or other activities planned by our Activities Coordinator.

In joining us, you’ll also become part of our extended family. You’ll work alongside other team members who are passionate about providing a safe environment, as well as warmth and kindness to all those who live and work in our homes.

Located in the heart of Burnham, close to Slough and Maidenhead, Lent Rise House offers high-quality nursing care for older people, including those living with dementia. Our focus is on delivering person-centred support in a warm, inclusive and homely setting. We also offer respite stays for individuals or carers in need of short-term support, all within a modern home designed for safety, comfort and wellbeing.

AND IN RETURN

The Trust is a great place to work; we’ve been providing care for almost 1,000 years and we’re currently the second largest not-for-profit provider in the UK. Not-for-profit means that we reinvest every penny we make into our residents, colleagues and the care homes we live and work in. Therefore, we offer a great range of benefits, including a competitive salary, training and development. Alongside keeping our colleagues safe with PPE and daily testing

• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• A workplace pension
• Free DBS
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a Friend scheme rewarding you up to £1000 for every recommendation you make who successfully starts working for us
• Blue Light Card and My Rewards programme, offering you discounts on shopping, days out, restaurants and much more

ABOUT YOU

You will have previous experience from an administrative or reception job and confident using Microsoft Office. In addition, you’ll have experience of handling cash and keeping reports up to date. Ideally you will have your Maths and English to GCSE level. But most importantly you will be comfortable in an elderly care setting, able to relate to our residents in a caring and sensitive manner.

This is a busy and varied role, so you’ll need to be efficient and organised and happy to use your initiative to ensure all tasks are completed in a timely manner. And as the first person who many of our visitors will speak to or see, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.