Job summary
As the SPOA Administration Team Leader, you will lead a team of administrators supporting a busy and essential point of access service. You will ensure effective daily operations, maintain excellent standards of communication, and support service users, their carers, and referrers with professionalism and care.
Apply now to play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation and continuous improvement of this essential service.
Main duties of the job
o Lead and support the SPOA administrative team, ensuring adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
o Act as a key contact for staff rotas, staff absences, and overall day-to-day service coverage.
o Supervise and support staff development, including recruitment, induction, training, and appraisal processes.
o Ensure compliance with data protection and confidentiality standards.
o Maintain effective communication across stakeholders including service users, carers, and healthcare professionals.
o Support administrative duties including minute-taking, rota production, and meeting coordination.
o Monitor clinic capacity and appointment availability in coordination with the admin team.
o Oversee procurement of office supplies and maintenance of essential equipment logs.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & 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 30,000 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 Green Plan which sets 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.
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.
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
- Educated to NVQ Level 3/4 in Business Admin/Customer Care or acquired equivalent experience
- Good standard of Numeracy & Literacy
- Advanced IT skills
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of using a variety of Microsoft office products
- Experience of supervising a team
- Good customer service skills
- Equivalent experience or proven record of professional development through various admin roles
- Understanding of the clinical administration pathway
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to NVQ Level 3/4 in Business Admin/Customer Care or acquired equivalent experience
- Good standard of Numeracy & Literacy
- Advanced IT skills
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of using a variety of Microsoft office products
- Experience of supervising a team
- Good customer service skills
- Equivalent experience or proven record of professional development through various admin roles
- Understanding of the clinical administration pathway
Desirable
Additional information
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).
