Senior Team Administrator

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The role will manage the diaries of Psychiatrists within the team so good organisational and diary management skills are essential, as is the ability to work under pressure to meet targets. Contact with patients will be largely by phone and letter. The post-holder will be required to attend regular administration team meetings as well as relevant clinical meetings and take the minutes. Please see the job description and person specification for further information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standard of general education including English and Mathematics achieving grades A-C (A)
• Good written communication skills (A) (I) (T)

Desirable

• oSecretarial/business qualification ECDL

Experience

Essential

• Previous demonstrable administrative experience supporting senior staff in a complex organisation (A)
• Previous demonstrable experience of working to tight deadlines (A) (I) (T)
• Previous experience of handling confidential information (A) (T)
• Previous demonstrable experience of developing and implementing administrative systems (A) (I) (T)
• Previous demonstrable experience of effectively collecting and presenting complex data/information (A) (I) (T)

Desirable

• Experience of working in an NHS environment, in a framework of confidentiality, ideally in a community mental health team setting (A/I)
• Knowledge and understanding of the Electronic Patient Journey System (ePJS) (A/I)

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Intermediate skills in Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook (A) (I) (T)
• Diary Management
• Minute taking/action logs (A) (T)
• Ability work using your own initiative and unsupervised (A) (I)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Jeanette Wallace House

1 Edridge Road

Croydon

CR0 1FE

Employer's website

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