LD Health Team Administrator

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Wythenshawe; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS Trust in England is seeking a team administrator to support healthcare professionals in the Learning Disability Community Service. The successful candidate will be responsible for administrative tasks, coordinating office procedures, and processing referrals. Strong organisational and communication skills are essential. If you're a proactive team player who enjoys working in a vibrant environment, we invite you to apply.

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative support roles.
• Ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Strong communication skills with patients and team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical and administrative support to healthcare professionals.
• Coordinate and implement office procedures.
• Process referrals through the system.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Initiative

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

EMIS

Job description

Overview

We are looking to recruit a team administrator to our friendly team in the south of the city.

The post holder will be responsible for providing effective and efficient clerical and administrative support to a team of healthcare professionals in the Learning Disability Community Service. The role will involve the coordination and implementation of office procedures and will require a high degree of organisational skills and excellent working knowledge of administrative systems. The post holder will often be the first point of contact and a focal point for the services requiring clear communication and liaison skills. They will work alongside the Health Managers and need to be able to use their own initiative and prioritise tasks.

We operate a referral system and you will be instrumental processing referrals through the system. The post holder will be required to work as part of a team at a community base and provide cross citywide cover during periods of staff absence. The role is fundamental to our team operations and if you are a great communicator, organised and enjoy working as part of a team we welcome your application.

Responsibilities

• To use a variety of software packages such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel etc to produce correspondence and maintain presentations, records, spreadsheets and databases. Also local clinical recording systems e.g. EMIS.
• To devise and maintain office systems.
• To collate data for performance reporting as required.
• To attend meetings to take notes and actions in line with record keeping.
• To liaise with staff in other services and with external contacts.
• To sort and distribute incoming post and organise and send outgoing post.
• To organise, store and archive paperwork, documents and computer-based information.
• To photocopy and print various documents.
• Patient/client user related tasks/duties – Deal with telephone communications and type letters.
• Participate in service development projects supporting staff surveys or audits as necessary.
• Provide non-clinical advice and information to patients/clients/relatives; exercising judgement when dealing with patient enquiries, analysing and resolving problems at source.
• Participating in the referral process taking minutes, input to EMIS and templates and liaising with clinicians.
• Responsibility for ordering equipment and office supplies on behalf of the team.

About MFT and the Role

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Deena Ward Job title: Health Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 219 6022