Administrator | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

The expectation of this post holder will be to support their team, department, and organisation to achieve the Trust's Values in their day-to-day work. These are the 5P's:

• Putting people first
• Prioritising quality
• Being progressive, innovative, and continually improve
• Being professional and honest
• Promoting what is possible - independence, opportunity, and choice.
The post holder will be required to provide a comprehensive and confidential secretarial and/or administrative support to the locality/department to ensure the smooth running of the area. You will possess excellent administrative skills and good working relationships with colleagues. You will be an excellent communicator and can prioritise your workload ensuring that work is completed in a safe and timely manner. This is an office based role.
• Communicate effectively with a range of people, on the telephone, promptly and in a professional and courteous manner whilst recognising barriers to communication.
• Ensure that complex calls from anxious and distressed clients are passed to an appropriate person to deal with (dealt with) effectively and appropriately or escalated to a senior staff member if appropriate.
• Respond to enquiries, and take appropriate action on behalf of the service, either by telephone, or correspondence, within agreed time limits.
• Manage and maintain an efficient administrative system on behalf of others.
• Work without supervision and ensure urgent situations are addressed swiftly.
• Ensure workload is managed and prioritised appropriately.
• Establish and maintain electronic filing systems. Knowledge of System one, Teams and Cisco Jabber.
• Arrange and take minutes or notes/action plans at meetings
• Input generic data into organisational systems or in-house records. Receive and action queries via various routes, including email, telephone, post and online, ensuring these are actioned promptly.
• Receive Referrals when requested via telephone, email, post and online, and offer appointments with clinicians for an assessment.
• Training new staff once experienced.
· Ordering of all supplies, managing stock rotation, including putting stock away on receipt of delivery. · Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,258 to a maximum of £2,122 p.a. pro rata for part time).
• Communicate effectively with a range of people, on the telephone, promptly and in a professional and courteous manner whilst recognising barriers to communication.
• Ensure that complex calls from anxious and distressed clients are passed to an appropriate person to deal with (dealt with) effectively and appropriately or escalated to a senior staff member if appropriate.
• Respond to enquiries, and take appropriate action on behalf of the service, either by telephone, or correspondence, within agreed time limits.
• Manage and maintain an efficient administrative system on behalf of others.
• Work without supervision and ensure urgent situations are addressed swiftly.
• Ensure workload is managed and prioritised appropriately.
• Establish and maintain electronic filing systems. Knowledge of System one, Teams and Cisco Jabber.
• Arrange and take minutes or notes/action plans at meetings
• Input generic data into organisational systems or in-house records. Receive and action queries via various routes, including email, telephone, post and online, ensuring these are actioned promptly.
• Receive Referrals when requested via telephone, email, post and online, and offer appointments with clinicians for an assessment.
• Training new staff once experienced.
· Ordering of all supplies, managing stock rotation, including putting stock away on receipt of delivery. · Cover other admin Hubs, at various locations, where necessary, which may require working on other sites. Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.