Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Blockbookings Administrator

The closing date is 18 November 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced administrator to join our Temporary Staffing Team, using a range of different systems and skills, and where no two days are the same.

Do you have experience in administration and customer service?

Are you experienced in Word and Excel with excellent keyboard and IT skills?

We are looking for a new Blockbookings Administrator to join our Temporary Staffing Team, managing admin and clinical community blockbookings for the LSCft Temporary Staffing Bank.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who is able to multitask and can manage their own workload. So if you are someone who prides themselves on attention to detail and have excellent communication skills, and are passionate about delivering excellent customer service, to help keep our NHS delivering for us all, please keep reading.....

Here at LSCft we offer a great working environment - working on a hybrid model between office and home working. This post is for 15 hours per week, ideally working 2 full days, one of the days to be Friday. The team covers the hours between 8.00am - 5.00pm, Monday - Friday (no weekends, evenings, or on-call duties).

So, if you want to make a real difference to your NHS, and be part of a great team, I would love to hear from you!

Please contact Karen Hughes, Temporary Staffing Workforce Deployment Team Leader on Tel: 07815 497736 for an informal discussion regarding this post.

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.

Date posted

04 November 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-CS2800-MF

Job locations

Sceptre Point

Preston

PR5 6AW

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 in Customer Service or Administration or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of Windows based applications
IT skills, including significant use of Microsoft Office, Internet and email systems

Experience

Essential

Experience of administration work and systems
Experience of administration of an integrated database system
Experience of a customer care services environment
Experience of maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive data

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 in Customer Service or Administration or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of Windows based applications
IT skills, including significant use of Microsoft Office, Internet and email systems

Experience

Essential

Experience of administration work and systems
Experience of administration of an integrated database system
Experience of a customer care services environment
Experience of maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive data

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

Sceptre Point

Preston

PR5 6AW

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sceptre Point

Preston

PR5 6AW

Employer's website

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