Job summary
Are you looking to take the
next step in your career as part of a vibrant team working to transform
community healthcare services for the population of Sussex? Do you have past
administrative experience and are you motivated and proactive, with a keen eye
for attention to detail? Do you have a
passion for improving patient pathways for the benefit of our population?
Main duties of the job
NHS Sussex is looking for an
exceptional candidate for the role of Senior Administrator to take a key role
supporting the efficient functioning of the Community Commissioning Team by providing
and coordinating high quality administrative support. You
will work with us to support the management of the Community portfolio,
gathering information, promoting the effective use of data, information,
knowledge, and technology to improve and inform projects and initiatives across
the range of our work. You will need to be flexible, have a can
do attitude and a clear focus on collaboration and team work to achieve
results.
If you think you have the
necessary skills and are ambitious to make an impact on Sussex community
services, then this is the job for you.
For an informal discussion
about the role please contact Tracy Moreton, Community & Urgent Care
Commissioning & Transformation Officer - tracy.moreton@nhs.net.
About us
NHS Sussex ICB are committed to enabling team members to work in an agile and flexible way. We adopt a flexible first approach to working patterns. We empower our people to work where, when, and how they choose with minimum constraints to support their wellbeing to sustain good work life balance and to optimise performance and delivery.
We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Agile working is not just related to working from different locations or at different times. It is about effectively utilising technology to improve work practices and to work differently to increase our overall effectiveness to improve health outcomes for our population.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact the Recruitment Team at scw.peopleresource@nhs.net to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
NHS Sussex has committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2045. As a member of staff you will be encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working that will help us achieve that goal.
Working for us - Sussex Health and Care (ics.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities of this role will include helping us to
develop and deliver communication strategies to support GP practices and their
patients, as well as the wider work of the communications team. It will include
planning and delivering high quality public communications, stakeholder
engagement, and proactive and reactive media management. It will also require
close working with public involvement colleagues to ensure communications are
responsive to insight and feedback from patients and our communities.
For more information, please see the Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities of this role will include helping us to
develop and deliver communication strategies to support GP practices and their
patients, as well as the wider work of the communications team. It will include
planning and delivering high quality public communications, stakeholder
engagement, and proactive and reactive media management. It will also require
close working with public involvement colleagues to ensure communications are
responsive to insight and feedback from patients and our communities.
For more information, please see the Job Description.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments Experience of managing risks and reporting.
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
- Understanding of the public sector.
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment. Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g., monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Values
Essential
- It is essential that all employees uphold the values of NHS Sussex. The first part of the interview process will involve a question from the values listed below
- Working together for patients
- Respect and dignity
- Everyone counts
- Compassion
- Commitment to quality of care
- Improving lives
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g., monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Other
Essential
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of equal opportunities
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments Experience of managing risks and reporting.
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
- Understanding of the public sector.
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment. Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g., monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Values
Essential
- It is essential that all employees uphold the values of NHS Sussex. The first part of the interview process will involve a question from the values listed below
- Working together for patients
- Respect and dignity
- Everyone counts
- Compassion
- Commitment to quality of care
- Improving lives
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g., monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Other
Essential
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of equal opportunities
