Peripatetic Health Centre Coordinator

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Peripatetic Health Centre Co-ordinator in Barnsley, providing comprehensive reception and administration support to Community teams. The role entails working at multiple sites, necessitating one's own vehicle for transportation. Ideal candidates will have exceptional customer service skills and be able to operate without direct supervision. This position offers a rewarding experience within a friendly team, contributing to the community health sector and supporting service users effectively.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates exceptional customer service skills.
• Ability to deal with various enquiries from service users and staff.
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide reception and administration support to Community teams.
• Work within Electronic Patient Records and Microsoft Office software.
• Carry out general clerical duties including emails, scanning, and stock ordering.

Skills

Exceptional customer service skills

Ability to work without direct supervision

Good organisational skills

Effective communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Electronic Patient Records (SystmOne)

Job description

The candidate must be able to demonstrate exceptional customer service skills and have the ability to deal with a variety of situations. You must have the skill to promptly and efficiently deal with enquiries from service users and staff attending the sites.

The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive reception and administration support to the Community teams. Key duties include working within Electronic Patient Records (e.g., SystmOne), producing documents using Microsoft office software packages, carrying out general clerical duties such as answering emails, scanning, stock ordering, receiving and putting away stock deliveries. Please note that audio typing and minute taking are not necessary for this post.

Whilst ensuring confidentiality at all times, the successful candidate will have the ability to work without direct supervision, communicate effectively, work as part of a team, use initiative and prioritise their workload in order to meet deadlines, maintain and record accurate details and have good organisational skills.

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An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic team player to work within our Community Administration team as a Peripatetic Health Centre Co-ordinator. This is a varied and rewarding position within a friendly and busy team working at several sites in and around the Barnsley area.

The successful candidate will be able to work without direct supervision, display initiative and always ensure confidentiality.

This position will require you to work at different sites across the community to provide a comprehensive reception/administration support service. Training at each site will be given to the successful candidate. It is essential that the candidate has their own car in order to be able to transport themselves to work across several sites.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

Wednesday (am) to Friday (18.75 hours per week, Wednesday 3.75 hours & Thursday, Friday 7.5 hours per day).

At the time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, we are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role.

We are happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes. Such applications will be considered alongside all other applications.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.