Are you an experienced administrator with excellent leadership, innovation and problem-solving skills? Are you a good communicator, with a keen interest in working with children and young people, and the ability to work on your own initiative, lead by example and maintain a calm approach under pressure? If yes - this is the role for you.
Basingstoke Community CAMHS is an established team, supporting the mental health needs of children, young people and families living in and around the Basingstoke area. We work with young people with complex needs, and have an administration team built on the foundations of compassion, care, empathy.
You will lead on coordinating responsive and flexible administrative support, building excellent relationships with colleagues in the acute sector to enable the best patient care.
Flexibility, an enthusiastic empathic approach and a desire to make a difference are all vital for this role, as is the ability to consistently deliver a young person focused service.
Open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to; Hampshire IOW Healthcare NHS Trust, Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be varied, with no two days the same.
To provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to clinical staff including the manager, supervising the administration team, and ensuring the smooth running of the office function, including ensuring sufficient cover is provided in times of sickness and annual leave.
To be responsible for maintaining sickness and absence records for all staff and related employee information.
To act as central secretarial and administrative contact point for the team.
To manage and supervise a team of administrative staff, allocating workload and reviewing performance.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.