Employer: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Continence Trustwide
Town: Wokingham
Salary: £27,857 - £30,570 per annum, pro rata (incl of HCAS)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/01/2025 23:59
Senior Bladder and Bowel Service Administrator
Band 4
Job overview
Provide clerical/typing and administration support for the continence service.
Manage a small team of administration staff to include appraisals and supervision, providing training in aspects of the service when and where necessary.
Carry out the role of ‘clinical, systems and technologies super user’.
Provide administrative support to specialist clinicians.
Proactively manage continence service databases, ensuring accurate records, financial balance and ensure good communication with contracted providers.
Deal with sensitive and confidential information provided by service users in a professional manner with empathy and understanding.
Excellent communication skills to include telephone and email queries.
Provide liaison between professionals and service users by receiving and providing accurate information and maintaining patient confidentiality in accordance with GDPR.
Obtain detailed product-related knowledge to inform patients, carers, and other professionals.
Main duties of the job
The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
* Interpersonal and telephone skills – be able to manage sensitive personal information.
* IT skills – knowledge of key operating systems such as RIO.
* Work independently taking responsibility for prioritising your and others' workload in a busy fast-paced team environment.
* Experience of databases and record keeping.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
* Flexible working options to support work-life balance
* 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
* Excellent learning and career development opportunities
* ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
* Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
* Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
* Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
* Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
* ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence)/computer software qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience of using a variety of software programmes/packages
Previous Experience
* Previous knowledge and experience of working in a busy office and/or customer care environment, undertaking a full range of administrative duties and supervising the work of others.
* Understanding of medical terminology.
Knowledge, Skill & Abilities
* Good interpersonal, communication and reporting skills.
* Ability to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others.
* Ability to use a practical problem-solving approach in everyday situations.
* Good IT skills, with an ability to navigate around various systems and software.
* Self-motivated and ability to motivate others.
* Excellent administration & organisational skills.
Additional Requirement
* Full driving licence.
* Use of car for work purposes.
These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.
At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.
We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.
Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.
Once you have applied, please check your email regularly for updates. All appointments are subject to NHS Employment Checks, and false information may result in withdrawal of offers.
No agencies, please.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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