Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Mobile Clinical Administrator

The closing date is 07 October 2025

Job summary

The post holder will provide a comprehensive administration and information service across the Central & West Network, coordinating their activities with other members of the Business Administration Team to ensure that an efficient and confidential service is provided.

The post holder will be aligned to South Ribble Admin Hub based at Penwortham Health Centre and is required to work flexibly in response to the needs of the Locality's administrative service. They will be required to provide reception and clinical admin cover at Bamber Bridge Clinic, Buckshaw HC and South Ribble HC as directed by their administration line manager, to ensure continuity of a quality reception and admin service provision.

One of the primary purposes of this role is to provide a comprehensive reception and administration service and therefore administration experience is essential in order to provide a professional service to the clinical teams. Experience of dealing with people is also essential, as are excellent interpersonal and customer care skills. It is essential that the post holder has good organisational and communication skills. The post holder will be required to work both as part of a team and on their own initiative.

A standard DBS disclosure will be required for this post.

Selection Process: This will include an Interview and skills test.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THIS ROLE CANNOT BE SPONSORED.

Main duties of the job

  • Be the first point of contact for the unit/department. Greeting visitors and ensuring people sign in and are met by staff or directed to the right area as appropriate.
  • Provide reception duties.
  • Answer telephones, taking and forwarding messages, ensuring that all telephone and personal callers receive a prompt, courteous, non-judgmental and well-informed response.
  • Respond to queries, dealing with routine matters and passing more complex queries to the appropriate member of staff.
  • Receive, allocate and despatch departmental mail (internal and external).
  • Provide an administrative service to include typing of routine information such as reports, minutes and other correspondence on behalf of the manager and other members of theteam, ensuring a high standard in accordance with Trust standards.
  • Assist the running of an efficient appointments system, dealing with routine referrals, sending patient letters / information, text reminders, distributing to appropriate clinical team.
  • Contact patients who fail to attend appointments by telephone, email, text or letter, rescheduling appointments as necessary.
  • Communicate with GPs and other Health Professionals regarding patients who have accessed the service e.g. confirming receipt of referral, clarifying referral details, chasing biochemistry results or other diagnostics and informing on waiting times or onward referrals.

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 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum (pro-rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-CEN2320-CS

Job locations

Penwortham Health Centre (with travel across sites when required)

Preston

PR1 0SR


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification for more details on the duties and responsibilities of this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification for more details on the duties and responsibilities of this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Administrative qualification at NVQ Level 2/RSA 2 or equivalent experience
  • GCSE English Language A-C or equivalent
  • ECDL or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working with databases
  • Working with Microsoft Office applications

Desirable

  • Working with NHS data systems such as RiO, iPM, eCPA

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working in an office environment
  • Previous experience of working with the public

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in the NHS

Skills

Essential

  • Good grammar and numeracy skills
  • Excellent keyboard skills

Desirable

  • Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally

Personal

Essential

  • Evidence of being a team player
  • Treats people with courtesy and respect at all times

Work Related

Essential

  • Willingness to undertake the DBS clearances
  • Evidence of the ability to travel around the organisational footprint to meet the needs of the post.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Administrative qualification at NVQ Level 2/RSA 2 or equivalent experience
  • GCSE English Language A-C or equivalent
  • ECDL or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working with databases
  • Working with Microsoft Office applications

Desirable

  • Working with NHS data systems such as RiO, iPM, eCPA

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working in an office environment
  • Previous experience of working with the public

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in the NHS

Skills

Essential

  • Good grammar and numeracy skills
  • Excellent keyboard skills

Desirable

  • Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally

Personal

Essential

  • Evidence of being a team player
  • Treats people with courtesy and respect at all times

Work Related

Essential

  • Willingness to undertake the DBS clearances
  • Evidence of the ability to travel around the organisational footprint to meet the needs of the post.

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

Penwortham Health Centre (with travel across sites when required)

Preston

PR1 0SR


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Penwortham Health Centre (with travel across sites when required)

Preston

PR1 0SR


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Admin Team Leader

Rosemary Howell

Rosemary.howell@lscft.nhs.uk

01772644153

Details

Date posted

23 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum (pro-rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-CEN2320-CS

Job locations

Penwortham Health Centre (with travel across sites when required)

Preston

PR1 0SR


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