Job summary
Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
The role is diverse, with each day bringing new challenges. You will have proven ability in using your own initiative, working with confidential and highly sensitive information, showing attention to detail and the ability to work accurately, whilst understanding the importance of adhering to the trust policies and local procedures.
The successful candidate will have experience working in an admin role capacity and be able to work cohesively with others to ensure you are maximising the efficient use of time, the resources of the service and with production of high-quality effective reports, training materials and administrative systems and processes.
The Homeless Mental Health Service is an award winning multi-disciplinary team offering, engagement, mental health assessment and referral to mainstream mental health and support services for people age 16+ who are homeless (sleeping rough in hostels) or staying in temporary accommodation (sofa surfing etc.). The team is made up of three full-time mental health practitioners (2 are mental health nurses and 1 is an Occupational Therapist), a part-time psychiatrist, part-time clinical psychologist, and admin team. Referrals are received through many pathways as well as self-referrals.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will undertake diary management for self and others, to ensure that appointments are scheduled appropriately and that invitees are informed of meetings in a timely manner to ensure attendance is optimised. To cancel, change and re-schedule meetings if required.
To formulate written information such as minutes of meetings, business and/or patient correspondence, briefings, reports, presentations, mailshots, and leaflets to a high professional standard ensuring that all documents are correctly formatted and stored to enable retrieval and that document version control is adhered to.
Due to the fast pace and nature of the work, the post holder would be required to have the essential knowledge and experience or be willing to learn and develop from commencement and be able to demonstrate within the following areas.
You will be expected to have exceptional written, verbal and face to face communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with professionals and service-users at all levels in health and agencies external to the service.
Assertiveness skills to challenge potentially inappropriate or unsafe actions of others, for the benefit of patients and the service.
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Details
Date posted
24 May 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9313-24-0765
Job locations
Homeless Mental Health Services
OSL House
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE19 1XU
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Homeless Mental Health Services
OSL House
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE19 1XU
Employer's website
https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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