Adult Safeguarding Administrator

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Southport and Ormskirk sites, is seeking an administrative professional to join the Safeguarding Adults Team. You will provide confidential administrative support, process DoLS applications, take minutes at meetings and assist with data collection and reporting.

The role involves liaising with Local Authority and external organisations, dealing with safeguarding enquiries, and the ability to work across both sites with discretion and

Qualifications

• Experience providing confidential administrative support.
• Experience with safeguarding administrative tasks is desirable.
• Accuracy in minute taking and data capture is essential.
• Ability to liaise with Local Authority and external organisations.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive confidential administrative support to the Safeguarding Adults Team.
• Process Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications.
• Take minutes at meetings and assist with data collection and reporting.
• Coordinate with Local Authority and external colleagues; support cross-site work across Southport and Ormskirk sites.

Skills

Administrative support

DoLS processing

Minute taking

Data collection

Communication with Local Authority

Education

General education requirements

Tools

MS Office

Job description

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen to join the Safeguarding Adults Team at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust working at the Southport and Ormskirk Hospital sites. The post holder will provide a comprehensive, professional and effective administrative service to the team, including the processing of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications . The role will also include taking minutes at meetings and ensure effective data collection. Flexibility and confidentiality are key requirements of this role and a calm and friendly manner when dealing with enquiries and external organisations. To note the role will be exposed to safeguarding concerns raised relating to adults and children and will require a high degree of emotional resilience. Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.,

• The post holder will support the Trust and the Safeguarding Team to meet its statutory safeguarding responsibilities.
• This will include the processing of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisations and undertaking daily communication with the Local Authority.
• The role will include supporting the preparation for external meeting such as MARAC and providing data for both internal and external reporting.
• The role will provide comprehensive confidential administrative support to the Safeguarding Team.
• The role will include the necessitating of contacts with external bodies, clinical, nursing, management, executive and clerical staff.
• Some cross cover is required for the safeguarding adults and safeguarding children administrative support, therefore the ability to work across both the Southport and Ormskirk sites may be required.
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our Services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme