Administrative Assistant | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Maidstone seeks a part-time Admin Assistant to support the Mental Health Together Team. Responsibilities include answering phone calls, reception duties, providing admin support, and booking appointments. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills and a friendly demeanor. Relevant experience is preferred, but training will be provided. Join a passionate team committed to delivering exceptional care in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience dealing with colleagues and clients in a friendly manner.
• Previous relevant experience in a busy community setting.

Responsibilities

• Answer external telephone calls and cover reception.
• Provide admin support to the clinical team.
• Type letters and book appointments.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Good telephone manner

Knowledge of email and Word

Job description

A part-time Band 2 Admin Assistant vacancy has arisen with the admin team supporting the Maidstone Mental Health Together Team, part of the Kent & Medway Partnership Trust. Working days/hours will be agreed at interview.

We are seeking an Admin Assistant/Receptionist with excellent communication skills, good telephone manner and an overall knowledge of email, Word, etc.

The ideal candidate will have experience of dealing with colleagues and clients in a friendly and polite manner. Previous relevant experience in a busy community setting would be an advantage.

Training will be given where necessary for patient-based systems.

The main duties of the role will be answering external telephone calls and reception cover at front of house, providing admin support to the clinical team, typing letters and booking appointments.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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This advert closes on Monday 21 Jul 2025