Home Therapy Administrator
The closing date is 29 May 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time (24 hours) Home Therapy Administrator to join the Renal Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. You will provide support to the Home Therapy Team within the department. Please note this role will be based at Kendal Home Therapy Unit at Westmorland General Hospital.
This is an excellent and exciting opportunity to join the Renal Department at Kendal Renal Unit which is a very busy and fast paced department providing patient care across Lancashire & South Cumbria, East Lancashire, Blackpool & Fylde and surrounding areas. We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and adaptable individual who has an interest in improving patient experience and is looking for a challenge in a post that is both interesting and varied.
You will possess excellent administrative skills, be a team player with a flexible approach to working.
We require a well organised person to co-ordinate the changing requirements of home dialysis patients in respect of their dialysis prescriptions and consumables as well as providing effective support and co-ordination of home dialysis and holiday dialysis.
You should ideally possess excellent communication skills and have experience of entering data. Good organisational and communication skills are essential.
The post supports the Home Therapy Manager and therefore administrative experience and a typing speed of 50wpm is desirable.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible person looking for a challenge in a post that is both interesting and varied.
You will possess excellent administrative skills, be a team player with a flexible approach to working.
We require a well organised person to co-ordinate the changing requirements of home dialysis patients in respect of their dialysis prescriptions and consumables as well as providing effective support and co-ordination of home dialysis and holiday dialysis.
You should ideally possess excellent communication skills and have experience of entering data. Good organisational and communication skills are essential.
The post supports the Home Therapy Manager and therefore administrative experience and a typing speed of 50wpm is desirable.
Knowledge of a hospital working environment and medical terminology would be an advantage - we don't want to just throw you in at the deep end so we are looking for someone who knows what it's like to work in an office team environment. However, as all offices and systems are different, you will receive full training when you start so there will be plenty of opportunity to grow and develop new skills as well as show us what you can do with yours. The ability to use your initiative and work as a member of a busy team is essential.
Knowledge of a hospital working environment and medical terminology would be an advantage.
About us
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the major acute Trusts in the North West with a complement of over 1000 beds for a local population of 390,000 and a regional population of 1.5 million.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Details
Date posted
16 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,625 to £25,674 a year Per annum/Pro Rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
438-PB2401-A
Job locations
Kendal Home Therapy Unit. Kendal Dialysis Unit
Westmorland General Hospital
Kendal
LA9 7RG
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kendal Home Therapy Unit. Kendal Dialysis Unit
Westmorland General Hospital
Kendal
LA9 7RG
Employer's website
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