Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

CYPS Specialist Community Services Admin Lead

The closing date is 24 March 2026

Job summary

We're seeking a CYPS Specialist Community Services Admin Lead to drive a high-performing team within CYPS Therapy Services. You'll oversee referrals and patient pathways, ensure efficient, high-quality admin support, manage ESR and performance data, and keep services running smoothly across three teams.

If you're organised, proactive, and ready to lead with impact, apply now and help shape better care for children and young people.

Main duties of the job

  • To lead a team of Administrators within CYPS therapy services ensuring the provision of a comprehensive, consistent and efficient administrative service, ensuring the right task is undertaken by the right resource, whilst retaining responsibility for undertaking and/or overseeing more complex tasks.
  • To develop a thorough understanding of the CYPS processes related to the referrals and treatment pathways for children and young people.
  • To be responsible for monitoring of the referral/appointment pathways with appropriate Line Management to reduce delays in patient pathways and escalation of concerns to the relevant service lead.
  • Provide cross-cover for the other Administrative Team Leaders within Physical Health CYPS to ensure a consistent and effective administrative service is maintained at all times.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

  • 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
  • 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
  • 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

09 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-26-172

Job locations

Springbank Community Centre

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To be responsible for the management of administrative services.
  • Provide and receive confidential and sensitive information from staff, clients, their carers' and the general public and take the appropriate action to ensure their satisfaction.
  • To ensure all communications are accurate, timely and well presented as per corporate standards.
  • To work as part of the admin team for 3 services providing administrative support and cover absence for staff members as necessary to assist the teams in the delivery of care,
  • To organise admin team meetings, team and individual supervision and training
  • To record and manage absence on the ESR system for administrators ensuring continuity of admin provision
  • Provide data for the Service Leads as required and regular feedback regarding referral information.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To be responsible for the management of administrative services.
  • Provide and receive confidential and sensitive information from staff, clients, their carers' and the general public and take the appropriate action to ensure their satisfaction.
  • To ensure all communications are accurate, timely and well presented as per corporate standards.
  • To work as part of the admin team for 3 services providing administrative support and cover absence for staff members as necessary to assist the teams in the delivery of care,
  • To organise admin team meetings, team and individual supervision and training
  • To record and manage absence on the ESR system for administrators ensuring continuity of admin provision
  • Provide data for the Service Leads as required and regular feedback regarding referral information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level in Mathematics and English to Grade C or above
  • Diploma or NVQ level 4 in business administration or appropriate equivalent qualification/experience

Desirable

  • RSA 3 or equivalent

Experience

Essential

  • Supervisory experience
  • Administrative experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level in Mathematics and English to Grade C or above
  • Diploma or NVQ level 4 in business administration or appropriate equivalent qualification/experience

Desirable

  • RSA 3 or equivalent

Experience

Essential

  • Supervisory experience
  • Administrative experience

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

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Springbank Community Centre

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Springbank Community Centre

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Services Support Service Lead

Jonathan Allard-Griffiths

Jon.Allard-Griffiths@ghc.nhs.uk

03004218937

Details

Date posted

09 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-26-172

Job locations

Springbank Community Centre

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG


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