Band 3 Business Support Administrator-HMP Eastwood Park

Job description

Job summary

To provide support to Nexus Personality Disorder Service in the delivery of essential administrative tasks that support clinical work including assessment and treatment of service users on the Provision PIPE (Psychologically Informed Planned Environment), Day and Outreach Services. To observe professional and Trust guidelines for professional conduct, including accurate record keeping and to undertake CPD and attend personal supervision sessions.

Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

To provide comprehensive administration and secretarial support to multidisciplinary teams, wards or departments including named medical staff, junior medical staff, and the system-wide multi-disciplinary team. This will include being the first point of contact for that team, ward or department and could involve duties such as meeting and greeting visitors, receiving initial enquiries, and directing telephone calls.

There will be an expectation for the post holder to be highly motivated, flexible, and multi-skilled with excellent organisational skills. They will possess excellent working knowledge of all Microsoft Office systems including Word and Excel.

The post holder will be able to work to high standards and will be required to take personal details from people and upload onto the electronic patient record systems. The post holder will need to meet deadlines, collate data and maintain standards relating to administrative processes. They will need to be able to work within a team effectively and share work streams where appropriate.

The post holder will be key in maintaining diaries and arranging meetings, taking formal minutes, and keeping appropriate records on the most up to date templates. Their work is managed rather than supervised and they are accountable for their own actions - manager is available for reference but generally, they will manager their own workload.

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached documents for further details about the job post or contact the Nexus Clinical Lead for any questions.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see attached documents for further details about the job post or contact the Nexus Clinical Lead for any questions.

Person Specification

Administrative Experience

Essential

• NVQ3/QCF in administration or equivalent level of knowledge and experience.
• Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting or Prison.

Person Specification
Administrative Experience

Essential

• NVQ3/QCF in administration or equivalent level of knowledge and experience.
• Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting or Prison.

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

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address

HMP Eastwood Park

Falfield

Wotton-Under-Edge

GL12 8DB

United Kingdom

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