Clinical Team Administrator

Gmmh; Eccles; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Medical PA/Administrative Assistant to provide a comprehensive service to the medical teams within Salford Community Mental Health Team. The role involves minute taking, clinical correspondence, and data input.

You will liaise with GP practices, Social Services and other agencies, support the Physical Health team, and manage meetings and minutes.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in NHS.
• Experience of admin duties and skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertake audio clerical duties for consultants, including minutes, letters, reports and data input.
• Liaise with GPs and agencies (Social Services, hospitals) using professional judgement.
• Support the Physical Health team with admin duties.
• Facilitate meetings and minuting when requested.
• Use Microsoft Office applications.

Skills

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

At GMMH we are investing significantly into our Community Mental Health provision.

To support the Medical PA in providing a comprehensive administrative service to the medical teams within Salford Community Mental Health Team.

Please note - This role is not eligible for sponsorship unless you meet criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024.

Main duties of the job

Undertake audio clerical duties for your consultants, including minute taking as required, clinical letters, reports discharge correspondence and clinical activity data inputting. This may include administrative support relating to consultant tutorial work.

Liaise with General Practitioner regarding clinic and domiciliary visits. Liaise with outside agencies, including Social Services, Coroner’s office, other hospitals, general and geriatric, medical services, clients, and their relatives using their knowledge and judgement of any given situation.

Support the Physical Health team with administrative duties.

To facilitate and manage, including minuting and dissemination of minutes, for any meetings requested relevant to your role or during time of cover for colleagues’ absence.

Use of Microsoft packages.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams

Experience

• Experience of working in NHS
• Experience of admin duties and skills

Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application.The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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