Administrative Assistant | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is seeking an Administrative Assistant to provide direct admin support to the clinical team. The role emphasises teamwork, timely task execution, and adapting to daily needs across the Directorate.

The successful candidate will handle diary management, scheduling clinical meetings, and maintaining spreadsheets and forms, contributing to efficient service delivery in the Kent and Medway region.

Qualifications

• Experience providing administrative support to clinical teams.
• Ability to schedule meetings and manage diaries.
• Proficiency with MS Office and data handling.

Responsibilities

• Provide up-to-date information to the teams and produce simple reports.
• Create and maintain spreadsheets and internal forms within designated timescales.
• Maintaining and updating displays and scheduling clinical meetings.
• Diary and meeting management and generic team mailbox monitoring.
• Perform other administrative duties as requested.

Skills

Admin support

Diary management

Report creation

Spreadsheet creation

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Job description

Administrative Assistant | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Company:

Company: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Are you a dedicated, compassionate Admin Assistant? Do you want the chance to help shape a new and genuinely innovative service for care in Kent and Medway?

You will be providing direct admin support to members of the clinical team.

We are an adaptive, cross-functional service. Whilst being assigned to directly support a department, you will be providing support (as a team) throughout the Directorate. Teamwork is an essential part of this role, good time-keeping and the ability to keep to deadlines and adapt your way of working are vital.

As a support service, we adapt to the needs of the service; we are regularly reviewing ways of working and optimising our internal processes. We need someone who can think on their feet and adapt to day-to-day circumstances as they arise.

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, come and join our diverse and compassionate team committed to delivering excellent care and support for service users and their loved ones.

Please note, Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

This role provides direct administrative support to our in-patient care, Management, Consultant Psychiatrist, Lead clinicians and the wider team.

The successful candidate will work closely with the teams:

• Providing up-to-date information to the teams and producing simple report
• Creation and maintenance of spreadsheets and internal forms within designated timescales
• Maintaining and updating displays
• Scheduling clinical meetings
• Diary and meeting management
• Generic team mailbox monitoring and maintenance and any other administrative duties requested

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway.

Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.

Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

This advert closes on Friday 23 Oct 2026

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

£25,272 per annum (inclusive of high-cost area supplement)

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust