Business Support Assistant, Clinical Governance

The Children's Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Children’s Trust is seeking a Business Support Assistant to enhance the Nursing and Care Directorate's operations. This role requires a proactive individual to support recruitment, compliance, and staff coordination, playing a vital part in delivering high standards of care for children with acquired brain injury.

Benefits

London weighting

Shuttle bus

On-site nursery

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

Time off for gender reassignment

Free eye tests

Long service annual leave

Free on-site parking

Subsidised cafeteria

Opportunity for career development

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment and onboarding processes.
• Strong organization and communication skills.
• Ability to maintain records and assist in compliance.

Responsibilities

• Assist in recruitment and onboarding for Nursing and Care roles.
• Coordinate with various teams to ensure operational efficiency.
• Maintain staff records and manage absence documentation.

Skills

Project support

Operational coordination

Staffing

Recruitment

Compliance

Clinical governance

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Support Assistant, Clinical Governance, to join our Nursing and Care Directorate. This successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the Business Support Manager in ensuring the efficient operation of the Nursing and Care Directorate.

This role involves providing project support and operational coordination across multiple areas, including staffing, recruitment, training, compliance, clinical governance, electronic medical records, and budgetary management.

The Business Support Assistant will collaborate closely with the Business Support Manager, Head of Care, Head of Clinical Governance, People Team, and other key stakeholders to ensure smooth and efficient operations, while maintaining high standards of care and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Staff benefits include London weighting, shuttle bus, and more. Read more below.

Role Requirements

• Assist in the recruitment process for Nursing and Care roles, including posting job advertisements, collecting applications, and assisting with shortlisting and arranging interviews.
• Provide support in the onboarding process for new staff, including preparing induction materials and coordinating with the People Team to ensure all pre-employment checks are completed.
• Support the coordination of the international recruitment programme by liaising with the recruitment and compliance teams to ensure all necessary documentation is completed.
• Maintain records of staff absence, including sickness and vacancies, and assist the Business Support Manager in liaising with relevant teams to arrange bank/locum/agency cover as required, as well as the required inputs on SMI.

Interview Date: to be confirmed.

About Us

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.

Staff Benefits

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, and time off for gender reassignment.

We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays), depending on your length of service.

Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court; subsidised cafeteria; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable), or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the chance to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions, as well as any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to reflect the UK’s diverse population. We aim for equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do. Our networks include an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark, our broad EDI group. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition, regardless of background, and will make reasonable adjustments for interview and working arrangements.

Online Searches

In accordance with safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. These searches focus on relevant information from professional platforms like LinkedIn. Any concerns will be forwarded to the interview panel for discussion during the interview.