Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Administrative Assistant

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Job summary

Working for LCH in a secure environment is very different from anything you have done before, We work as a community within a community and provide all services including nursing, GP, Pharmacy, Dentist, Optician, CHAMs, Substance Misuse, Health Promotion and Physiotherapy. As part of a small Admin team you would be required to support all these services, whilst supporting the management team. Your days will be varied and interesting and you will have opportunity to be part of the service development, through small projects. Our Admin team is integrated within our teams sharing the open plan office, actively involved in lunch time handover and the point of contact for HMP service.

Main duties of the job

Day to day work includes. Systmone management Management of ledgers Responding to tasks Dealing with phone calls Referrals to hospitals Oracle ordering Supporting IT maintenance Induction of new staff paperwork Smart card management Reports Meeting Minutes Subject Access Requests Liaising with HMP Service Full training will be given if required.

About us

Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council.

We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best lines of defence against Covid 19.

Details

Date posted

14 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9833-FB-SP-593-23

Job locations

H M Young Offenders Institute

York Road

Wetherby

West Yorkshire

LS22 5ED


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be a team player and will actively contribute to continuous service improvement activities, including the maintenance and improvement of quality to ensure that services are delivered with a customer focus.

Key result areas

1. Responsibility for communication and relationships

Responsible for delivering administrative support which requires face to face, telephony based and electronic contact with service users and other stakeholders, both external and internal to LCH.

Act as a single point of contact for specific service/services.

Provide signposting advice to guide colleagues, service users and other stakeholders , including times when there may be barriers to understanding, or where the communication could be conceived as complex (i.e. explaining patient administration operating procedures to people who do not work in that department.

Communication around sensitive issues such as performance for supervisees, complaints from the public.

The post holder will engage with a range of stakeholders both internal and external which may vary dependant on role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be a team player and will actively contribute to continuous service improvement activities, including the maintenance and improvement of quality to ensure that services are delivered with a customer focus.

Key result areas

1. Responsibility for communication and relationships

Responsible for delivering administrative support which requires face to face, telephony based and electronic contact with service users and other stakeholders, both external and internal to LCH.

Act as a single point of contact for specific service/services.

Provide signposting advice to guide colleagues, service users and other stakeholders , including times when there may be barriers to understanding, or where the communication could be conceived as complex (i.e. explaining patient administration operating procedures to people who do not work in that department.

Communication around sensitive issues such as performance for supervisees, complaints from the public.

The post holder will engage with a range of stakeholders both internal and external which may vary dependant on role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Level 2 IT skills i.e. OCR (formerly RSA) or equivalent experience.

Desirable

  • Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills required to carry out duties

Experience

Essential

  • Awareness of data protection and confidentiality
  • Ability to organise and plan to meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
  • Competent in the use of Microsoft office packages
  • Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate.
  • Positive attitude to dealing with change; flexible and adaptable, willing to change and accept change and to explore new ways of doing things and approaches

Desirable

  • Systemone experience.
  • Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Level 2 IT skills i.e. OCR (formerly RSA) or equivalent experience.

Desirable

  • Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills required to carry out duties

Experience

Essential

  • Awareness of data protection and confidentiality
  • Ability to organise and plan to meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
  • Competent in the use of Microsoft office packages
  • Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate.
  • Positive attitude to dealing with change; flexible and adaptable, willing to change and accept change and to explore new ways of doing things and approaches

Desirable

  • Systemone experience.
  • Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload.

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

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

H M Young Offenders Institute

York Road

Wetherby

West Yorkshire

LS22 5ED


Employer's website

https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/join-our-team1/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

H M Young Offenders Institute

York Road

Wetherby

West Yorkshire

LS22 5ED


Employer's website

https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/join-our-team1/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Primary Care Operational Manager

Sandra Camp

sandra.camp@nhs.net

01937544424

Details

Date posted

14 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9833-FB-SP-593-23

Job locations

H M Young Offenders Institute

York Road

Wetherby

West Yorkshire

LS22 5ED


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