Team Administrator
The closing date is 03 November 2025
Job summary
Applications are invited for a Band 3 Administrator to provide a comprehensive secretarial administration and information service across the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team and coordinate their activities with other members of the administration team to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided.
The post holder will be aligned to the Specialist Perinatal Community Mental Health Team (SPCMHT), covering the North Lancs & South Cumbria locality based at East Barn in Lancaster, but is required to provide ad hoc remote cross cover to other administrative teams within the service as directed by their Administration Line Manager to ensure continuity of service provision.
Evidence of good general education is essential together with good communication skills and excellent organisation ability. Knowledge of working with the NHS will be an advantage and computer skills with essential.
The successful candidate with require a mature, flexible approach and the ability to work within a busy team. They will be expected to use their own initiative and work unsupervised to ensure the effective coordination of duties.
Main duties of the job
You must be able to provide efficient administrative support and have excellent IT, keyboard and data inputting skills. You will also require strong interpersonal skills, be able to demonstrate initiative and the ability to organise your workload effectively.
The work is varied, interesting and demanding and candidates need to be organised, flexible and dependable. We are looking for people who possess the ability to meet the demands of the service and also to be able to communicate with a wide range of people, including patients and health care professionals.
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
20 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
351-SPS1496-JD
Job locations
East Barn
Pathfinders Drive
Lancaster
LA1 4JJ
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
East Barn
Pathfinders Drive
Lancaster
LA1 4JJ
Employer's website
https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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