Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
Our LSCFT all age Learning Disability Team are looking for a new member to join their teams!
The teams are hoping to find a Team Administrator who is able to provide high quality administration support to the team alongside having excellent IT, keyboard and data inputting skills. They will work across multiple teams, providing support to both the adult's and children's team.
You will also require strong interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with a wide range of people including; patients, parents/families, carers and health care professionals. You will need to demonstrate initiative, be able to work autonomously, be organised within your role and have excellent problem solving skills.
The work is varied and interesting, and you will need to have the ability to organise your workload effectively to meet the demands of the service whilst monitoring service demands.
Main duties of the job
* The post holder will provide day to day support to the Operational Lead and Community Learning Disability Teams.
* To undertake any office activities for the purpose of administration contributing to an effective administrative function within the Learning Disability Teams.
* To provide an efficient comprehensive administrative and clerical service to the staff within the Learning Disability Teams.
* To work as part of a team and contribute to the achievement of its objectives.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Good level of education. 5 x GCSE grades A-C to include English and Maths or equivalent.
* ECDL or equivalent competence with IT applications
* Office administration and/or secretarial qualifications at NVQ 3/RSA Level 2 or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
Knowledge
* Knowledge of a range of administration duties.
* Good understanding of Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook.
* Knowledge of Safeguarding Agenda.
Experience
* 12-18 months previous working in an Administration role.
* Data inputting and checking.
* Administration of meetings - organising, minute taking, document management.
Skills
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
* Self-motivated and willingness to be flexible, diplomatic and courteous
* Empathy for people with disabilities and diverse health needs
* Ability to remain pleasant and calm under pressure.
Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation.
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