Registration Authority Agent

Sfh Tr; Sutton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Registration Authority Agent to ensure governance and security of information accessed via NHS applications using smartcards. You will produce smartcards, verify user identities, and ensure staff have appropriate access levels in line with local and national policies, maintaining data security across NHS spine systems.

The role requires working across NHIS bases as needed, and a valid driving licence with access to a car.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of operational procedures.
• Ability to collate and communicate information from diverse sources.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft packages with advanced keyboard skills.
• Knowledge of a range of Trust policies and procedures.
• Aware of current healthcare ICT issues.
• 2 years IT experience.
• Experience with Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Understand the role in more detail via attached job description.
• Be prepared to work across NHIS bases as required, and have a clean driving licence and access to a car.

Skills

Operational procedures

Information governance

Microsoft Office

Trust policies

Healthcare ICT awareness

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

Job overview

Are you interested in working in the digital space? Passionate about improving health and care through providing digital support services and helping to future proof our NHS through digital transform? If the answer is yes, then we want to talk to you! We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our Team.

We are looking for a highly motivated and driven individual with exceptional communication and organisational skills. As a Registration Authority Agent, you will help ensure the governance and security of information accessed via NHS applications using smartcards. You will be responsible for producing smartcards, confirming the identity of users, and ensuring staff have the correct level of access for their role, in line with local and national Registration Authority policies, thus maintaining the security and integrity of data held within NHS spine applications.

Ensuring service levels and targets are met as well as meeting customer satisfaction and continuous service delivery demands is essential.

The successful candidate will be expected to work across any NHIS base as well as other customer/partner bases as and when required therefore a clean driving licence and access to a car is required.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Knowledge

• Knowledge of a range of operational procedures.


• Ability to collate and communicate information from a wide variety of sources.


• Good knowledge of Microsoft packages with advanced keyboard skills.


• Knowledge of a range of Trust policies and procedures.


• Aware of current healthcare ICT issues.

Experience

• 2 years IT experience.


• Experience of Microsoft desk top packages includes Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint.


• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Contractual

• Car driver with own car.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Home Office guidance has changed. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

We as a Trust support the use of AI and other tools to support your application. However, all personal statements and behavioural examples must be truthful and factually accurate. Your application should reflect your own personal/professional experiences and qualifications to ensure authenticity and credibility.

For the avoidance of doubt, plagiarism includes presenting the ideas or experiences of others or content generated by artificial intelligence as your own. We review all applications carefully to ensure that the information provided in your supporting statement aligns with your qualifications, work history and the duties undertaken within those roles. Your experience will also be explored further during the interview process.

If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact us on 01623 622515 ext 3271.

Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applicationsand that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change. If a high number of applications are received, a longlisting exercise will be conducted prior to shortlisting.

Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email [e-mail]

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