Administration Assistant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Administration Assistant, who will be able to ensure a confidential, efficient and comprehensive administrative service to the Christchurch and Bournemouth Intermediate Care Team based at Kings Park Hospital.

The team works to prevent avoidable hospital admissions, enable earlier hospital discharges and rehabilitate a wide variety of conditions. The caseloads comprise a wide variety of medical problems including orthopaedic, cardiac, neurology, respiratory and multi pathology.

The successful candidate will be highly organised, motivated and able to work to deadlines in a busy office environment as part of a larger team. You will have good customer care communication skills, an excellent telephone manner and good attention to detail. The ability to cope with complex tasks and ensuring databases are kept up to data. Previous experience of working in a busy office environment is desired.

This post is offered as full time (37.5hours) currently over 4 days. This may include weekends, bank holidays and an 8am-8pm working pattern.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Kirsty Whetton, Admin Manager - 07920 786519

Main duties of the job

To provide reliable and efficient office support to teams within the Intermediate Care Team.

To function as a member of the Intermediate Care Team, providing clerical advice and support in a busy office environment.

To enter data as requested in order to provide accurate and timely statistics.

To work as part of the team to support the provision of a reliable, flexible, high quality and proactive client orientated service.

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.