LDA Commissioning Administration Coordinator

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Worthing; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an LDA Commissioning Team Administration Coordinator in Worthing to provide essential administrative support for children and adults with learning disabilities or autism. The role focuses on preventing hospital admission, discharge planning, and coordinating community-based services to meet individual needs.

Responsibilities include managing referrals and review processes, coordinating Care and Treatment Reviews, and maintaining robust office

Qualifications

• NVQ 3 in Business & Administration or evidence of equivalent practical experience.
• RSA 3 or equivalent experience and evidence of further practical experience
• Good standard of secondary education; GCSE at Grade C or above

Responsibilities

• To provide administrative support to the LDA Programme.
• To manage the email boxes across the LDA Commissioning team.
• To support in the development of systems and processes to support the work of the team.

Skills

Secretarial experience

Administration

Communication skills

Teamwork

NHS knowledge

Education

NVQ 3 in Business & Administration

RSA 3

GCSE Grade C or above

Job description

If you are enthusiastic and passionate about improving the lives of autistic people and people with a learning disability, then role as the LDA Commissioning Team Administration Coordinator in our trust could be right for you. We have an opportunity for an innovative, skilled health administrator to join our team who provide a commissioning service to adults and children with a learning disability and/or autism at a time when they need support from mental health services. Our work is around preventing hospital admission and discharge planning, including commissioning community-based services to meet individual needs.

Main duties of the job

• Provide administrative support to colleagues supporting people with a learning disability who are at risk of hospital admission, or supporting discharge for these people who are currently receiving inpatient treatment.
• Inputting into the referral and review processes for the Dynamic Support Register.
• Assisting in the coordination of Care and Treatment Reviews.

About us

We welcome applications from practitioners who are highly motivated, resilient, enthusiastic, creative, flexible, and resourceful.

The service operates Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm.

• Although, weunderstand the importance of work/life balance and would welcome discussions around flexible working arrangements as required.
• You will receive high quality supervision, support and training to further develop your skills and experience to support autistic people and people with a learning disability.

Job responsibilities

• To provide administrative support to the LDA Programme.
• To manage the email boxes across the LDA Commissioning team.
• To support in the development of systems and processes to support the work of the team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• NVQ 3 in Business & Administration or evidence of equivalent practical experience
• RSA 3 or equivalent experience and evidence of further practical experience
• Good standard of secondary education; GCSE at Grade C or above

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE

• Significant experience of a range of secretarial procedures
• Significant experience of working as an administrator or secretary
• Significant experience of producing documents to a high standard of presentation and accuracy
• Experience of supervising others
• Knowledge of office systems, maintaining databases and information flow
• Experience of office and resource management
• Experience of maintaining office systems
• Experience of generating own correspondence
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience of working within the NHS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.