Job summary
Would you like a unique and exciting opportunity to play a vital role in the improvement of maternity care across the North West?
We are looking for an experienced administrator to support the development of a Maternal Medicine Network within the region.
The aim of Maternal Medicine Network (MMN) is to ensure women with acute and chronic medical problems have timely access to specialist advice and care at all stages of pregnancy.Maternal Medicine Networks are central to NHS England's Improvement strategy for reducing mortality for all pregnant woman and reducing neonatal morbidity and mortality. They are also a key feature of the Long-Term Plan and more recent Ockenden Reports.
The Administrator will support the Network Manager, MMN Clinical Lead and Lead Midwife as well as the MMN Chair of the Board, to ensure the smooth running of the Network and the delivery of its key objectives.
Main duties of the job
To provide a professional, confidential, and comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to the Senior Team within the North West Maternal Medicine Network.
Furthermore, the post holder will act as Secretary to the North West Maternal Medicine Network Board.
Potential candidates should note the requirement of the role to work from home and travel across the region and ensure applications confirm it is understood.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ/diploma in administration or business, level 4 or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience.
- Good standard of education (A-C GCSE minimum).
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a Personal Assistant to a Senior Leader.
- Experience in providing administration support the Boards \ Committees.
- Experience at managing multiple diaries and inboxes at the same time.
- Experience in arranging large events \ conferences.
Desirable
- Experience working in a maternity service.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to administrate meetings to a high standard as requested (including full minute taking and transcribing, producing agendas, paper collation and circulation and follow up of actions).
- Able to demonstrate advanced use of software programmes including outlook / teams / excel / powerpoint / word.
- Ability to coordinate and arrange meetings of large groups in a quick and efficient manner.
Other
Essential
- Ability to work from home.
- Ability to travel to appointments and meetings across the Northwest region in a timely manner.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ/diploma in administration or business, level 4 or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience.
- Good standard of education (A-C GCSE minimum).
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a Personal Assistant to a Senior Leader.
- Experience in providing administration support the Boards \ Committees.
- Experience at managing multiple diaries and inboxes at the same time.
- Experience in arranging large events \ conferences.
Desirable
- Experience working in a maternity service.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to administrate meetings to a high standard as requested (including full minute taking and transcribing, producing agendas, paper collation and circulation and follow up of actions).
- Able to demonstrate advanced use of software programmes including outlook / teams / excel / powerpoint / word.
- Ability to coordinate and arrange meetings of large groups in a quick and efficient manner.
Other
Essential
- Ability to work from home.
- Ability to travel to appointments and meetings across the Northwest region in a timely manner.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
