Memory Assessment Service Team Administrator

Pennine Care; Oldham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Oldham is seeking a motivated Memory Assessment Service Team Administrator (Band 3) for 28 hours per week on a 12-month secondment. You’ll manage clinics, staff diaries and front-line admin, supporting the MDT with KPI data using Paris and Tableau while maintaining strong clerical systems.

The role requires excellent organisation, proactive communication, and the ability to prioritise conflicting demands. A pro rata annual salary is £25,760–£27,476.

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Math at grade C or higher (or equivalent).
• Experience with Microsoft Office and electronic systems.
• Ability to input data accurately and manage records.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Handle telephone queries and book appointments.
• Prioritise workload to meet timescales and KPIs.
• Perform general clerical duties including filing, mail, scanning, and photocopying.
• Maintain administrative systems and data in Paris.
• Arrange meetings and minuting for memory team.
• Support MDT and stock control.

Education

English / Math GCSE grade C or higher or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Paris system

Tableau

Job description

Memory Assessment Service Team Administrator

NHS AfC: Band 3

Main area Team administrator Memory Assessment Service Band 3 28 hrs Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Secondment: 12 months (Part time) Hours Part time - 28 hours per week (Monday-Friday (work across 4 days) 9.30-4.30 some flexibility) Job ref 311-O767-26-A

Site Block 4, Southlink Business Park. Town Oldham Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 03/11/2026 23:59

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Team Administrator to join our passionate Memory Assessment Service.

Using a high degree of initiative to resolve queries, acting independently where appropriate but mainly working alongside other colleagues and together as a team, you will provide a responsive and quality administration service.

This role requires a highly organised Team Administrator with the ability to prioritise their workload with conflicting demands and have the confidence to demonstrate excellent communication effectively at all levels.

This is a varied role and you will be organising and booking clinics, managing staff diaries and dealing with telephone queries. You will be managing data for service KPI's and you will be supporting a busy MDT team.

Main duties of the job

• To deal with telephone queries regarding appointments and other service queries. Give advice where appropriate, take messages and redirect clinical calls as required from patients, relatives and professionals.
• Prioritise own workload on a daily basis to meet various timescales and service KPI's.
• To carry out general clerical duties including information gathering, dealing with internal and external post, electronic mail, filing, scanning and photocopying documents.
• Establish and maintain administrative systems.
• Booking of patient clinic appointments and rescheduling as required.
• Managing clinic waiting lists and spreadsheets. Using Tableau to monitor KPI's and service performance.
• Recording of data on Paris including uploading documents and producing reports as requested. Add case note entries as required as well as booking appointments (including cancelling and rebooking as necessary), entering the outcomes and uploading correspondence. Ensuring Paris records are up-to-date and patients are discharged from the system in a timely way.
• To assist with the co-ordination of the lone worker response and feed back any issues to the appropriate team manager as required.
• Arrange meetings on behalf of the Memory Team as requested.
• To work with and support the team manager and the team in their day-to-day activities.
• To maintain the existing stock control system and ensure supplies are ordered and checked on a regular basis.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

The Memory Assessment Service comprises of a team manager, nurses, occupational therapy and administration staff. This is a very friendly and hard working team who strive to support each other and welcome new members to the team. The role will be demanding due to increase service demand, but you will be well supported within a well established and friendly team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Post: Memory Assessment Service Team Administrator
• Band: 3
• Responsible to: Memory Service Team Manager
• Main Contacts: Internal or external contacts
• Job Summary To provide efficient and effective administration support to the Memory Assessment Service.
• To undertake the administration of all referrals received into the Memory Service.
• Reports to the Memory Team Manager who will provide ongoing support and guidance.
• To deal with difficult telephone queries and give advice wherever possible, in a diplomatic and sensitive way, following these through with the appropriate member of staff, in a responsible and professional manner. To take messages and redirect calls as appropriate on a daily basis from patients, relatives and professionals.
• To communicate with staff in maintaining timely procedures for data entry and answer queries relating to the information held on the Trust’s electronic systems including managing referrals and inputting activity data on Paris.
• Prioritise own workload on a daily basis to meet various timescales involved.
• To carry out general clerical duties including information gathering, dealing with internal and external post, electronic mail, filing, scanning and photocopying documents.
• Establish and maintain administrative systems, eg, filing and monitoring systems to support the Memory Service and to continuously review administrative processes and contribute to the development of the Memory Service alongside other team members and senior managers.
• Recording of data on Paris including uploading documents and producing reports as requested. Add case note entries as required as well as booking appointments (including cancelling and rebooking as necessary), entering the outcomes and uploading correspondence. Ensuring Paris records are up-to-date and patients are discharged from the system in a timely way. Liaison with clinicians, patients and their relatives to organise appointments and visits.
• To assist with the co-ordination of the lone worker response and feed back any issues to the appropriate team manager as required.
• Provide accurate and efficient administrative support including managing appropriate correspondence (eg, clinical discharge letters) on behalf of the Memory Clinic.
• Plan, arrange and take minutes of the team meetings on a regular basis. Arrange meetings on behalf of the Memory Team as requested.
• To work with and support the team manager and wider MDT in their day-to-day activities.
• To maintain the existing stock control system and ensure supplies are ordered and checked on a regular basis.
• To work flexibly to cover administrative roles in the absence of colleagues and where requested to do so by a senior manager.

Person specification

education/qualifications

• English / Math GCSE grade C or higher or equivalent

Experience

• Working experience of Microsoft software.
• Experience of using electronic systems
• Previous clerical experience
• Ability to accurately input data
• note taking/making notes experience

Knowledge

• Office procedures and systems.
• Understanding of the importance of maintaining confidentiality

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of Trust staff and external agencies
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively
• Good organisational skills
• Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as a team member and individually
• Conscientious and able to prioritise work to meet deadlines.
• Working with databases and generating reports

Pennine Care are committed to the ‘Get ahead on Flex’ pledge initiative to support the right to request flexible working for all colleagues. “We can work flexibly,as a modern and model employer, flexible and less than full-time working isn’t a barrier to progress in the NHS – it is commonplace”. To support a positive experience for all colleagues we are committed to considering all requests for flexible working, in line with service needs.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds to help us grow, innovate, and improve.

If you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us on 0161 716 3181 as early as possible so we can support you.

Please note:

• We do not accept unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Hiring managers should not be contacted directly.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Claire Evans Job title Memory Assessment Service, Team Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0161 716 2792 Additional information Please contact for more information about this role or to arrange a visit.