Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Administration Assistant

The closing date is 31 October 2025

Job summary

We are seeking an individual who is enthusiastic, compassionate, flexible and creative in their approach and can work alongside the wider multi-disciplinary team to provide quality and effective administrative support.

As part of the CAMHS Medic Administrative Team you will provide administrative support to the Clinical Administrators and their designated Clinical/Medical staff. Supporting to maintain an effective office system(s) for the delivery and maintenance of Medical Appointments/Reviews, being flexible and use own initiative to organise and prioritise own workload.

You will be part of a dynamic and supportive team, benefiting from a comprehensive supervision and appraisal system, with a commitment to staff development.

You will demonstrate an enthusiasm for professional development and will be motivated to further your understanding and skills through various training opportunities.Toeffectively manage self, workload

  1. Support with telephone calls for appointments and general enquiries, passing any queries as needed to appropriate Clinical Adminstrator
  2. Telephone contact with families when required
  3. Dealing with all queries and directing as appropriate
  4. To ensure that a high level of patient care is demonstrated at all times and that the privacy and dignity if all families and young people is
  5. Provide comprehensive administrative support to the CAMHS Team, and work closely with the Medical Secretaries

Main duties of the job

  • Telephone contact with families when required, for instance to rearrange appointments if necessary, convey messages from clinicians and liaise with other agencies (ie schools and referrers)
  • Open post and scan any paperwork received, ensuring clinically urgent requests are passed to the appropriate Clinical Administrator
  • Management of .Net inbox
  • Support with maintaining SystmOne Rotas.
  • Adhoc support as appropriate for Medical Secretaries inbox
  • Adhoc administrative support to the wider Team, including Reception Cover.

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.

Details

Date posted

21 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TG433-ACS

Job locations

Newland 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

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Grade 4 & Above or Equivalent Qualification in Maths & English

Desirable

  • Any Administration Qualification.

Skills

Essential

  • Good Communication Skills
  • Dealing with Sensitive & Confidential Information
  • Work as Part of a Team
  • Good knowledge & Ability of Microsoft Office i.e. Word, Excel

Desirable

  • Flexible, adaptable approach, with polite, helpful and professional manner

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Understanding the importance maintaining Accuracy in clinical applications

Desirable

  • Previous Experience Working in the NHS
  • Previous Experience of using SystmOne
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Grade 4 & Above or Equivalent Qualification in Maths & English

Desirable

  • Any Administration Qualification.

Skills

Essential

  • Good Communication Skills
  • Dealing with Sensitive & Confidential Information
  • Work as Part of a Team
  • Good knowledge & Ability of Microsoft Office i.e. Word, Excel

Desirable

  • Flexible, adaptable approach, with polite, helpful and professional manner

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Understanding the importance maintaining Accuracy in clinical applications

Desirable

  • Previous Experience Working in the NHS
  • Previous Experience of using SystmOne

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Newland House,

Campbell Square

Northampton

NN1 3EB


Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Newland House,

Campbell Square

Northampton

NN1 3EB


Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Administrator

Alexander McAuley

xander.mcauley@nhft.nhs.uk

07895187791

Details

Date posted

21 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TG433-ACS

Job locations

Newland House,

Campbell Square

Northampton

NN1 3EB


Supporting documents

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