Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Admin Kent Prisons

The closing date is 01 July 2025

Job summary

Bank Admin staff for Kent Prisons

Maintain daily running of the admin office working alongside other administrators. Liaison and telephone contact with all statutory and non-statutory agencies, healthcare practitioners, GPs, consultants and solicitors etc., within prisons, hospitals and community health settings as required. To act as first point of contact for incoming calls, taking accurate, detailed messages as necessary ensuring these are passed on to the appropriate personnel.

Providing and receiving complex and sensitive information.

Proactively communicating with colleagues on workload issues, annual leave arrangements and administration issues.

Maintain sound working relationships and communication with all colleagues within Oxleas.

Please note this is a Bank role and you will be asked to work as and when required

Main duties of the job

Undertaking copy/audio typing and word processing support to the team for the provision of required client related reports, letters, discharge summaries etc, including legal documentation, whilst prioritising work-load and meeting deadlines.

Dealing with incoming correspondence on a daily basis, distributing and taking appropriate action as necessary and ensuring urgent items are brought to the attention of a member of the team.

Preparing and presenting any statistical returns as necessary.

Undertake any administrative procedures required to support the team, e.g. arrange medical staff & practitioner rota's organise meetings.

Implementing and maintaining effective client filing systems, ensuring client records are safe, confidential, up to date and accessible.

Minute meetings e.g. case conferences/professional meetings and team meetings as required, distributing as appropriate and taking administrative follow-up acting on own initiative.

Undertaking administrative duties, e.g. diary management, photocopying, faxing, monitoring stationery/clinical items and ordering as necessary.

Using electronic clinical record system (SystmOne), email, intranet, Internet and Microsoft packages as required.

Handling both routine and urgent matters using initiative and with minimal supervision.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We're Kind
  • We're Fair
  • We Listen
  • We Care

Details

Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£27,674 a year pa pro rata incl RRP

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

277 Bank Admin Kent Prison

Job locations

Kent Prisons

Kent

ME12 4AX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Dealing with incoming correspondence on a daily basis, distributing and taking appropriate action as necessary and ensuring urgent items are brought to the attention of a member of the team.

Preparing and presenting any statistical returns as necessary.

Undertake any administrative procedures required to support the team, e.g. arrange medical staff & practitioner rotas organise meetings.

Implementing and maintaining effective client filing systems, ensuring client records are safe, confidential, up to date and accessible.

Attending and participating in meetings.

Minute meetings e.g. case conferences/professional meetings and team meetings as required, distributing as appropriate and taking administrative follow-up acting on own initiative.

Undertaking administrative duties, e.g. diary management, photocopying, faxing, monitoring stationery/clinical items and ordering as necessary.

Using electronic clinical record system (SystmOne), email, intranet, Internet and Microsoft packages as required.

Handling both routine and urgent matters using initiative and with minimal supervision.

Participating in supervision and PDR/appraisal.

Undertaking any other duties commensurate with the level of the post as required, ensuring efficient and effective running of the department/section.

Please see JD&PS for further information

Job description

Job responsibilities

Dealing with incoming correspondence on a daily basis, distributing and taking appropriate action as necessary and ensuring urgent items are brought to the attention of a member of the team.

Preparing and presenting any statistical returns as necessary.

Undertake any administrative procedures required to support the team, e.g. arrange medical staff & practitioner rotas organise meetings.

Implementing and maintaining effective client filing systems, ensuring client records are safe, confidential, up to date and accessible.

Attending and participating in meetings.

Minute meetings e.g. case conferences/professional meetings and team meetings as required, distributing as appropriate and taking administrative follow-up acting on own initiative.

Undertaking administrative duties, e.g. diary management, photocopying, faxing, monitoring stationery/clinical items and ordering as necessary.

Using electronic clinical record system (SystmOne), email, intranet, Internet and Microsoft packages as required.

Handling both routine and urgent matters using initiative and with minimal supervision.

Participating in supervision and PDR/appraisal.

Undertaking any other duties commensurate with the level of the post as required, ensuring efficient and effective running of the department/section.

Please see JD&PS for further information

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Level English Language or equivalent
  • Minimum of one years admin experience or equivalent

Skills

Essential

  • Computer literacy/internet/intranet/e-mail skills
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Packages
  • Communicating effectively both in writing and verbally
Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Level English Language or equivalent
  • Minimum of one years admin experience or equivalent

Skills

Essential

  • Computer literacy/internet/intranet/e-mail skills
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Packages
  • Communicating effectively both in writing and verbally

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

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kent Prisons

Kent

ME12 4AX


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kent Prisons

Kent

ME12 4AX


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment & Retention Resourcing Officer

Clare Denny

claredenny@nhs.net

07504877653

Details

Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£27,674 a year pa pro rata incl RRP

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

277 Bank Admin Kent Prison

Job locations

Kent Prisons

Kent

ME12 4AX


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