Business Assistant

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Melton Mowbray; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization is looking for a Business Assistant to provide administrative support for the East Leicestershire Community Mental Health Team. You will manage referrals, correspondence, and diaries while working in a supportive environment. The ideal candidate should have strong administrative skills, experience with Microsoft Office, and demonstrate compassion and integrity. This role offers a generous pension, holiday allowance, and various employee benefits to promote a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Holiday allowance starting at 27 days

Free onsite parking

Health and Wellbeing Support

Qualifications

• Experience providing comprehensive administrative services in a team.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently.
• Demonstrate values of Compassion, Trust, Respect and Integrity.

Responsibilities

• Managing referrals and correspondence with patients.
• Diary management and meeting organization.
• Preparing agendas and taking minutes.

Skills

Administration experience

Strong communication skills

Highly organized

Good planning skills

Microsoft Office skills

Job description

Job Overview

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

Business Assistant

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Business Assistant to join our team at East Leicestershire Community Mental Health Team. This is an incredibly rewarding role working with a team who support people with mental health issues within the Melton and Rutland Area in East Leicestershire.

As a Business Assistant you will provide a comprehensive administrative service to the multi-disciplinary team within the community setting. You will be joining a welcoming team who work well together and support each other.

For this role, we are looking for people with great administration experience and strong communication skills with the ability to work on their own and in a team. You’ll need to be highly organised with good planning skills and highly skilled in Microsoft Office. It is a very friendly environment, and we are looking for people who demonstrate our values of Compassion, Trust, Respect and Integrity.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
• Free onsite parking
• Access to a wide range of additional benefits such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
• Health and Wellbeing Support

Contact Details

Natalie Cozens, Administration Manager, [e-mail], 07787333151

Responsibilities

• Managing referrals
• Telephone and written correspondence with patients
• Diary management
• Preparing agendas and taking minutes
• Organising meetings
• Data inputting and creating spreadsheets
• Other general administration duties

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.