Inpatient Administration Manager

Job summary

Do you have experience a managing a team of admin professionals? Do you enjoy working in a constantly changing and exciting environment?

We have a full-time (37.5 hours) Inpatient Administration Manager vacancy. The successful applicant will be based at The Orchards and The Limes, where there is on-site parking available. You will Manage and Supervise a team of Administrative Supervisors and Co-ordinators and may include other administrative roles. Our administration team support our Inpatient Wards Clinical Staff and Doctors, as well as liaise in person and by telephone with patients, patients' Carers and Professionals alike.

This role will see you performing a variety of tasks to assist the smooth running of our Inpatient Facilities. Organisation and innovative ideas will be a key part to making this role successful.

Your main focus will be looking after the Inpatient areas of services and you will work closely with other administration managers across our community services. Solent is proud to support career development, and through regular supervisions and annual appraisals we will support you to achieve goals and take the next step in your career within the organisation. Apprenticeship options are available and will be discussed with the successful candidate. As Manager of a team yourself you will be passionate about developing and supporting your team to achieve their own goals.

Main duties of the job

• To provide support to the Business Support Manager in providing professional leadership to the administrative workforce to ensure efficient and effective admin support is available to all Inpatient services within Mental Health Services
• Line management responsibility for the performance of individuals within the Administrative workforce ensuring they are supported to develop highly effective and efficient working practices.
• To build a combination of knowledge and expertise in engagement and behaviour change and technical skills in admin business development to achieve strong service engagement, relationships and effective practices
• To work without direct supervision and show extensive use of initiative in prioritising and making decisions in relation to effectively supporting the smooth operation of the service
• To ensure that the processes and procedures for Inpatient services are documented, followed and maintained by those entering and leaving the building
• To carry out other duties as necessary to meet the changing needs of Solent NHS Trust, in accordance with management requirements and appropriate to banding
• All duties will be carried out within the Trust's Information Governance, recording, and data sharing procedures and guidance

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.