Community Nursing Administrator
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Job summary
Looking for a new challenge and a chance to work in the NHS, making a difference in your community? Looking for a job role that allows you to use administration and secretarial skills to support Community Nursing professionals? Why not consider working in support services, providing support and back up to front line clinical staff?
Here in the Community Nursing administration team, we are looking for someone with proven administrative and secretarial skills. Are you confident in your communication style? Are you a puzzler and problem solver and able see a task through to completion? Having a positive and flexible approach to work would be an advantage and knowing how to prioritise workload and be organised is essential. It is important that you foster a strong sense of accountability and demonstrate a good level of detail in your work. The main emphasis of the role will be providing administrative support to our Triage Service supporting the health professionals with call-handling responsibilities.
If you have recent administrative experience and a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office software packages - Word, Excel, Teams and Power Point, then apply today! Previous experience of working in the NHS is valuable, but not essential. If you would like to come in and have an informal chat about the role, we are very happy to set this up.
If you recognise yourself in these requirements, we recommend you apply today!
Main duties of the job
- To provide efficient administrative and clerical support, including booking meetings, agenda distribution, meeting minute taking, booking training courses and actioning of voicemail and email messages.
- Work alongside Community Nursing Staff to deliver administrative support to the Triage service. To use the Patient records database system (Rio) for inputting GP referrals, Care information, uploading documents, scanning documents, and updating case notes for all incoming phone calls/referrals via the health hubs and directly from external sources to the Community Nursing Teams.
- Collate and distribute the daily Triage tracking spreadsheets to relevant teams.
The6 "must haves" for you to be considered for this role:
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the organisation
- To be able to problem solve and use own initiative
- Good organisational skills, including time management and ability to prioritise
- Ability to work within a team but able to work alone when required
- A high level of accuracy and attention to detail is paramount
- A full driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle on a daily basis
About us
For our people who work here that means we want Berkshire Healthcare to be a great place to work where everyone can thrive and grow. Some of the benefits of joining our team:
- Salary ranging from£22,816to £24,336 per annum
- Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
- Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Salary sacrifice scheme for a new car
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
- Advanced IT enablement and support
- Confidential telephone care service providing independent support and advice for staff.
- And so much more
Details
Date posted
24 August 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
371-CHS066
Job locations
Community Nursing West Berkshire
Thatcham
RG18 3HR
Employer details
Employer name
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Community Nursing West Berkshire
Thatcham
RG18 3HR
Employer's website
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