Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Administrator - Learning Disability Services

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Job summary

Lancashire and south Cumbria Care Foundation Trust

Post Title: Administrator, Learning Disability Services

Base - White Cross Business Centre, LancasterBanding - 3

Hours - 37.5 hrs

Term: Permanent

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

An opportunity has arisen with the Children's Community Learning Disability and Autism Service, for an Administrator to join and support the work of the teams in the Lancaster and Morecambe area.

Main duties of the job

The Learning Disability Service strives to provide forward thinking high quality services, working in partnership with other agencies. In addition to working with children and adults with learning disabilities or autism, we work closely with their families, and we have a strong commitment to health promotion through service development and training initiatives. We are committed to helping our staff develop and you will be part of an enthusiastic and experienced team.

We are looking for an administrator with previous experience in the NHS, and the successful applicant will have proven administration and secretary skills. The post holder is expected to know how to organise clinical appointments and clinics, can type clinic letters, and support the scanning and recording of client information. They will also be expected to process referrals into the service and ensure they are dealt with accordingly.

The post holder will be accountable to the operational / clinical leads, and will be providing administrative support within the integrated health team, to ensure effective and timely clinical outcomes are met.

It is expected you will have experience of using IT systems, and in using NHS health systems in managing data.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Details

Date posted

23 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-SPS1308-CLK

Job locations

Childrens Team The Bay

Lancaster

LA1 4XQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Office administration and/or secretarial qualifications at RSA Level 3 or Business Admin NVQ Level 3 or equivalent knowledge gained through experience or 5 x GCSE grades A-C to include English and Maths
  • Competence with IT applications

Knowledge

Essential

  • Office administration in a relevant environment
  • Can use Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
  • Is able to Design layout for documents

Experience

Essential

  • Previous admin/secretarial experience.
Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Office administration and/or secretarial qualifications at RSA Level 3 or Business Admin NVQ Level 3 or equivalent knowledge gained through experience or 5 x GCSE grades A-C to include English and Maths
  • Competence with IT applications

Knowledge

Essential

  • Office administration in a relevant environment
  • Can use Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
  • Is able to Design layout for documents

Experience

Essential

  • Previous admin/secretarial 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

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Childrens Team The Bay

Lancaster

LA1 4XQ


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Childrens Team The Bay

Lancaster

LA1 4XQ


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Administrator

Laura Keany

Laura.keany@lscft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

23 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-SPS1308-CLK

Job locations

Childrens Team The Bay

Lancaster

LA1 4XQ


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