Job summary
**Newham Community MDT Co-ordinator**
We are seeking to appoint a dedicated Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Co-ordinator to join our team. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with clinical and administrative staff, engaging in daily, direct interactions with patients, their families, and visitors.
This role demands excellent communication skills and an unwavering commitment to maintaining confidentiality. The ideal candidate will be well-organized, highly motivated, and capable of functioning effectively as part of a team. It is essential that the individual is hardworking, flexible, and reliable, with strong interpersonal skills. Additionally, the ability to prioritize one's own workload to effectively respond to the service's needs is crucial.
We look forward to welcoming an individual who embodies these qualities and is eager to contribute to our community.
We are looking to recruit to our team a MDT Co-ordinator.
Main duties of the job
To provide an effective administrative support to Managers, Officers and clinical staff within the teams.
To work closely with the Lead Administrators to provide an efficient and responsive administrative provision to the teams ensuring service delivery is met.
To be responsible for taking ownership and contributing to the development of administration systems for the Service; by providing day to day administrative support.
The post requires the ability to work on own initiative and to liaise effectively with a broad range of professionals and to maintain client confidentiality.
To work alongside and to cover all Administrative areas, when required and requested and to cover other administration staff across several locations as and when the need arises.
To cover reception and other community teams as a core part of your responsibility .
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent
- Good standard of written and spoken English
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Working as part of an administrative team for a minimum of two year
- Able to demonstrate 1 year of working in an office environment
- Experience of working independently and using own initiative
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse inner city area
- Experience of working on reception and directly with the public
Desirable
- Experience in health/education or social service environment
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Supervisory experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Proven IT Skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Ability to prioritise the workload, plan and organise own time effectively
- Equal Opportunities
- Confidentiality
- An understanding of office procedures.
Desirable
- Understanding of community/social services environments
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent
- Good standard of written and spoken English
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Working as part of an administrative team for a minimum of two year
- Able to demonstrate 1 year of working in an office environment
- Experience of working independently and using own initiative
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse inner city area
- Experience of working on reception and directly with the public
Desirable
- Experience in health/education or social service environment
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Supervisory experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Proven IT Skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Ability to prioritise the workload, plan and organise own time effectively
- Equal Opportunities
- Confidentiality
- An understanding of office procedures.
Desirable
- Understanding of community/social services environments
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
MHCOP – CMHT for Older People
First Avenue Resource Centre 103 First Avenue, London,
London
E13 9AP
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
