Band 3 Clinical Services Administrator, Weston Super Mare

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive mental health service seeks an experienced administrator to provide vital support to the North Somerset Recovery Service. The role demands strong communication and organizational skills, empathy, and the ability to work independently within a supportive team environment. This position is perfect for someone looking to further their skills in a compassionate workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative roles supporting multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Resilience when dealing with sensitive situations.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive administration support to multi-disciplinary teams.
• Be flexible and responsive to the demands of the job.
• Demonstrate empathy towards individuals with mental health experiences.

Skills

Good communication skills

Organisational skills

Empathy

Good initiative and judgement

Education

Previous clerical and administrative experience

Tools

Microsoft Office packages

Job description

Are you an experienced, highly motivated administrator looking for a new challenge? Are you approachable, friendly and compassionate with enthusiasm for developing new skills? If this describes you then this could be the opportunity for you to join a progressive and forward thinking mental health service.

This varied and interesting role provides administrative support to the North Somerset Recovery Service. You will demonstrate good initiative and judgement, as you will have to work independently but also as part of the wider admin team. Good communication and organisational skills are vital. Service user care is at the heart of our work so empathy and compassion goes without saying.

Ideally you will have previous clerical and administrative experience and have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.

Main duties of the job

To provide comprehensive administration support to multi-disciplinary teams and departments including named medical staff, junior medical staff and the system-wide multi-disciplinary team.

You will need to be flexible and reactive to the current requests and demands.

You will have empathy with/and or experience of working with people who have experienced mental health and you will need a degree of resilience as some of the work can include details of a distressing nature, though full support is given by AWP through peer support, regular formal supervision and access to the Employee Assist programme.