Administrator

Elysium Healthcare; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary £26,985

33 days annual leave + birthday off

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts

Job summary

Beck House in Lakeside, Darlington, operated by Elysium Healthcare, is seeking an Administrator to support the unit’s administration, including new starter paperwork, DBS checks, and compliance documents. The role involves diary and room bookings, handling confidential records, and coordinating transport.

You will work with senior staff and contribute to audits while ensuring a smooth office operation. The program offers training opportunities, a supportive environment, and benefits such as

Qualifications

• Previous experience within a similar role and/or environment.
• Knowledge of healthcare terminology
• Previous experience of typing up medical reports and patient discharge letters
• GCSE English, C or above

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective means of systems within the unit, and between units and groups
• Act as a link between the public, outside professionals and other hospital departments and wards in respect of routine telephone calls and general enquiries
• Making diary entries, room bookings and transport bookings as required
• Maintaining as confidential, at all times, information regarding patients, staff and hospital business
• Maintaining, evaluating, and updating the units filing and record keeping systems
• Providing clerical/typing duties as required, ensuring confidentiality of all clinical/administrative records

Skills

Healthcare terminology

Typing

Education

GCSE English, C or above

Job description

Become an Administrator with purpose, where your contribution is part of helping to change people's lives. It's an administration role that's rewarding like no other. Join the team at Beck House in Lakeside, Darlington, as an Administrator and be valued and supported.

You will support the service's administration needs, including new starter paperwork, organising training and managing leave requests. You will liaise with new staff members as you manage and verify their compliance documents, including DBS checks, identification, references and Right-To-Work.

As an Administrator, being organised and keeping the general office function running smoothly will be second nature; files will be in the right place and kept confidential, post will be cascaded, phones will be answered in a friendly and helpful way, and spreadsheets will be up to date and logical.

Working alongside senior staff members, you will manage staff absences and leave requests, maintain personnel files, and produce audits.

At Elysium, we want the best for you. That’s why you will have continuous access to a range of training courses to enable you to reach your career goals. After all, a better you means better care. That’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

As an Administrator you will:

• Assisting in the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective means of systems within the unit, and between units and groups
• Acting as a link between the public, outside professionals and other hospital departments and wards in respect of routine telephone calls and general enquiries
• Making diary entries, room bookings and transport bookings as required
• Maintaining as confidential, at all times, information regarding patients, staff and hospital business
• Maintaining, evaluating, and updating the units filing and record keeping systems
• Providing clerical/typing duties as required, ensuring confidentiality of all clinical/administrative records

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Previous experience within a similar role and/or environment.
• Knowledge of healthcare terminology
• Previous experience of typing up medical reports and patient discharge letters
• GCSE English, C or above

Where you will be working:

Location:

Beck House, Hammond Drive, Lakeside, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5TH

Beck House is a registered care service with nursing that forms part of Elysium’s Learning Disabilities & Autism complex care service, which provides six bespoke single-person apartments, enabling individuals to live in their own space.

The service is due to open in January 2026

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £26,985
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
• Pension contribution to secure your future
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.