Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Administrative Assistant

The closing date is 22 October 2025

Job summary

The Pennine Network is looking for an Administrative Assistant to join our RITT Team on a part time, permanent basis. You will have excellent customer service and administrative skills to support the smooth and efficient functioning of the service.

We are inviting applications from individuals with excellent organisation skills and the ability to work on your own or as a member of the wider admin team. The successful candidate will be able to communicate with staff, servicer users, visitors and carers in a professional manner. The successful candidate must be computer literate, able to use Microsoft office packages, be skilled or prepared to train in live minute taking and possess a good telephone manner.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be organised, professional, committed and will assist in providing a high standard, quality clinical administrative service.

The post holder will have knowledge of relevant customer service procedures applicable to this role. The post holder will need to be a team player with strong communication skills.

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

08 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-PEN1018-LW

Job locations

Balladen House

Blackburn

BB4 6SL


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

Qualifications

Essential

  • Administrative qualification at NVQ Level 2/RSA 2 OCR Level 1 or 2 or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working with databases
  • Working with Microsoft Office applications

Experience

Essential

  • Working in an office environment
  • Working with members of the public

Skills

Essential

  • Good grammar and numeracy skills
  • Data input and retrieval
  • Ability to communicate effectively both written & verbal
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Administrative qualification at NVQ Level 2/RSA 2 OCR Level 1 or 2 or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working with databases
  • Working with Microsoft Office applications

Experience

Essential

  • Working in an office environment
  • Working with members of the public

Skills

Essential

  • Good grammar and numeracy skills
  • Data input and retrieval
  • Ability to communicate effectively both written & verbal

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

Balladen House

Blackburn

BB4 6SL


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Balladen House

Blackburn

BB4 6SL


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Admin Coordinator

Bethan Fielding

bethan.fielding@lscft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

08 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-PEN1018-LW

Job locations

Balladen House

Blackburn

BB4 6SL


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