Forensic Administrator - Specialist Community Forensic Team

We're recruiting for a Forensic Administrator to join our team at the Littlemore Mental Health Centre, working with the Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT) based at the Oxford Clinic.

In this role, you'll provide essential administrative and secretarial support to Consultant Forensic Psychiatrists and the multidisciplinary team, ensuring the smooth operation of our forensic services. Your responsibilities will include managing correspondence, organising meetings, maintaining accurate patient records, and supporting event management.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and experience in an administrative role. Knowledge of the Criminal Justice System and previous experience in a healthcare setting are desirable.

If you are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable individuals, we would love to hear from you! Join us and contribute to making a difference in the lives of our patients as part of a supportive and professional environment where your skills and dedication will be valued.

Responsibilities include:

1. Producing correspondence and reports for the SCFT team, organising and attending meetings, preparing agendas, ensuring arrangements are made, including collation and distribution of papers, taking minutes, and managing visit monitoring.
2. Ensuring electronic health records are maintained and coordinated efficiently, including sharing complex or sensitive information with the team in a timely manner.
3. Entering patient information into Electronic Health Records accurately and promptly, including updating demographic data, uploading correspondence, and creating or ending referrals.
4. Supporting other forensic administrators to maintain a comprehensive and equitable administrative service and providing cover during absences.

Please refer to the attached job description for a comprehensive list of duties.

Oxford Health is a great place to work. To showcase your best qualities, please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and tailor your supporting statement to the role, addressing essential criteria.

Our trust provides physical, mental health, and social care across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and homes, aiming to provide care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that everyone receives: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team” and our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”.

We offer benefits such as:

• Career progression opportunities
• Access to tailored learning and development
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• NHS discounts
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists apply)
• Support groups via our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Bea Borowski
• Job title: PA/Office Manager
• Email: bea.borowski@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
• Phone: 07385395237

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, we value not just experience but also motivation and shared values. If you don’t meet all requirements but are excited about the role, please get in touch. We’re happy to discuss further before you apply.