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Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a part-time Administrative Assistant for Halton Later Life and Memory Service, Brooker Centre, Halton Hospital, Runcorn. This post will be part of an admin team who will support a clinical team and reception area.
This post is aligned to an administrative hub model and provides flexible, cross-site support to ensure continuity of service delivery. The post holder will routinely be required to work within the LLAMs Department. However, may be require to cross-cover to provide administrative support during periods of planned and unplanned leave. This approach ensures resilience across the service, maintains consistent administrative provision, and supports the effective management of patient pathways and core administrative functions across the locality.
Main duties of the job
To provide an efficient and effective clerical service to the multi-disciplinary team.
The role will include providing administrative support to the team and will include, supporting reception areas, answering telephone calls into the Service, photocopying, scanning, uploaded referrals and making appointments.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work as member of a team
- Ability to operate and maintain filing systems both manual and electronic
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
- Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Knowledge of office procedures
- Familiar with Microsoft Office
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the NHS or related healthcare experience
- Experience of dealing with members of the public
- Knowledge of PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook
- Awareness of Recovery Model
- Awareness of children/vulnerable adults guidelines
- Audio Typing experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Typing/WP RSAII or equivalent or demonstrable experience
Desirable criteria
- ECDL/ICT
- NVQ2 Business Administration GCSE English grade A-C or equivalent
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