Community Administrator - St Mary's Hospital, Isles of Scilly

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced administrator to join our team at St Mary's Hospital. You will be expected to support the integrated community team. The working pattern could include some weekend working.

The role will include the management of referrals from entry into the team through to discharge and interacting with patients, carers and other health and social care professionals. Also, inputting data using a range of patient and staff electronic systems on the Ward, in Outpatients and the Minor Injury Unit.

Support to the team will include supporting staff to manage appointments, inputting onto rosters, monitoring and maintaining registers and databases and ordering of stock and equipment. There is an element of patient-facing contact.

We are looking for an individual who will support service development projects.

Essential skills and knowledge required for this role include the ability to prioritise and complete tasks to urgent deadlines andto be highly skilled across the range of Microsoft packages.

The successful applicant will be articulate and have a keen eye for detail. Ability to maintain patient and staff confidentiality is an essential aspect of this role.

An Island Living Allowance of 5% of the salary is payable to the successful candidate resident on the island. Single person accommodation may be available.

Interview date: to be confirmed and via Teams unless resident on the island.

Main duties of the job

• Managing referrals to the team via electronic systems and clinical record keeping systems
• Arranging meetings, preparing agendas, note-taking and distributing papers
• Support clinical staff by liaising with patients, gathering information for clinical staff from MDT and using electronic systems to ensure safe and effective communication
• Act as first point of contact for telephone and face to face enquiries by patients, their relatives and carers, health and social care professionals, referrers and the general public
• Photocopying various documentation
• Answer telephone, deal with enquiries, direct as appropriate, take accurate messages and forward to relevant person/department
• Sorting of incoming mail and distributing to addressed department/individual

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

• Cornwall Foundation Trust
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.Just over 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.