Team Administrator

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Stockport; On-site; GBP 8,000 - 10,000; Part time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership is seeking a 0.4 WTE Team Administrator in Stockport to support the Adult Eating Disorders Service. You will perform clerical tasks, maintain patient records, manage communications, and take meeting minutes. Training and supervision are provided to support professional growth in a busy clinical environment.

The role involves diary management, appointments, and use of Excel. DBS checks are required and a monthly induction program is offered.

Qualifications

• Evidence of good typing skills (RSA III/NVQ III or equivalent).
• ECDL and working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Electronic filing and updating electronic patient records.
• Monitor service email inbox and respond to emails.

Skills

Typing

Secretarial duties

Teamwork

Confidentiality

Education

RSA III/NVQ III admin

ECDL

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Printer/Scanner

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new team administrator role to join the existing team in CWP Adult Eating Disorders Service; 0.4, 15 hours per week over 2 days WTE Team Administrator in Stockport, based at Hall Lodge Eating Disorders Service. The successful candidate will provide a high quality supportive role to clients living with an Eating Disorder. In Stockport Eating Disorders Service we consider our admin team key to the ability of our clinicians to support our patients. They are a valued part of our structure. You will receive monthly high quality supervision to support people in their role and career aspirations. We try very hard to understand the difficulties and pressures working for an admin team within a complex clinical area like eating disorders. We also offer a monthly business meeting as an arena to discuss with our team anything that will improve our service. Within the team you will be working alongside an experienced administrator who will support you in your role and a group of friendly clinicians who have lots of experience working with this group of patients. The successful candidate will bring an organised and compassionate approach to their working life. The Trust currently supports the Real Living Wage (RLW) hourly rate as set by the Living Wage Federation and will apply a pay supplement if the national A4C hourly rate falls below this. The role will also involve administrative duties such as electronic filing and updating electronic patient records, monitoring the service email inbox, responding to emails, sending out and receiving letters, taking meeting minutes, dictation, organising appointments and utilising excel spreadsheets, using the printer/scanner. Please see the job description for greater detail on this. All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role. Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

• Evidence of good typing skills e.g. RSA III/NVQ Level III in an admin related subject or equivalent
• ECDL, Working knowledge of software programmes e.g. Microsoft office applications
• Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality
• Audio typing skills
• Minute/note taking experience, Essential criteria
• Experience of providing secretarial/administrative duties
• Experience of working in a health environment
• Experience of working as a member of a team in an office environment
• Experience of general finance systems
• Experience of processes and procedures within this service area
• Experience of supporting the organisation of seminars, conferences, workshops etc.
• Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall. As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.