Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Team Administrator

The closing date is 27 June 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Team Administrator to join an evolving and inclusive team providing administrative support to Adult Community Healthcare Services community nursing and urgent response teams across Northamptonshire.

Applicants must have proven experience of working within a very busy office environment and be able to evidence how they manage workloads and deadlines. They must have proven experience of all Office applications including Outlook and Excel. They must be able to demonstrate their adaptability and willingness to learn new tasks and work within a very busy team/office environment. Applicants must also feel comfortable working on their own as some bases act as satellite offices for nursing teams.

Band 3 Administrator role working 30 hours per week. Based at Campbell House Northampton.

A driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential for all posts as there is the expectation for staff to travel to other sites across the county as required. Mileage expenses are paid for travel to other bases outside of your normal base site.

The post holder will work alongside an established Team, be flexible and have the ability to use their initiative to organise their own workload dependent of the priorities and requirements at the time. Multi-tasking, good organisational ability, strong IT skills, flexibility, are essential for this role

Main duties of the job

Varied administration tasks supporting community nursing teams. Please refer to job description.

We would recommend that all candidates speak to the Team Lead or Team Manager prior to applying. The role requires prioritising, multi-tasking and accuracy in order to support the wide range of tasks required to support community teams.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

13 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

270-TG104-ACS

Job locations

Campbell House

Campbell Square

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Skillls

Essential

Excellent time management and organisational skills
Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
Substantial administrative experience providing a full spectrum of administrative duties.
Knowledge of a range of office procedures, IT software programs, Microsoft packages including Excel
Effective communication skills are essential, the post holder will be dealing with complex and sensitive information.
Experience of working individually and as a team
Ability to manage complex information and track actions

Desirable

eRoster or equivalent shift rota experience
Previous experience of similar role within the public sector
Some experience in project management

Education

Essential

NVQ Level 3 Business Administration or equivalent working experience
Good general level of education to A-Level or equivalent knowledge and competency

Person Specification

Skillls

Essential

Excellent time management and organisational skills
Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
Substantial administrative experience providing a full spectrum of administrative duties.
Knowledge of a range of office procedures, IT software programs, Microsoft packages including Excel
Effective communication skills are essential, the post holder will be dealing with complex and sensitive information.
Experience of working individually and as a team
Ability to manage complex information and track actions

Desirable

eRoster or equivalent shift rota experience
Previous experience of similar role within the public sector
Some experience in project management

Education

Essential

NVQ Level 3 Business Administration or equivalent working experience
Good general level of education to A-Level or equivalent knowledge and competency

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.