To provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Adult ADHD service.
This includes supporting consultants, assistant psychologists, ADHD specialist nurses, and other clinical staff.
The post holder will liaise with service users and carers regarding prescriptions, appointments, and medical reviews.
They will ensure accurate maintenance of patient records, assist in the setup of clinics, and oversee the distribution of ADHD diagnostic reports.
The role requires initiative and discretion, ensuring confidentiality at all times.
Provide comprehensive support to the Adult ADHD clinical team, including Consultants, Nurse Prescribers, Practitioners and Assistant Practitioners and Assistant Psychologists.
Patient Records
Maintain accurate patient records on RIO and other administrative systems, ensuring compliance with confidentiality and data protection standards
Clinic Organisation
Support the setup of clinical sessions, ensuring smooth operations for the Adult ADHD team.
Distribute workload among clinical staff where necessary to optimise efficiency
Address issues or complaints from service users in collaboration with PALS and the clinical team.
Use initiative to resolve day-to-day operational problems and escalate issues when necessary
Provide cover for colleagues during absences.
Attend and participate in MDT team meetings, appraisals, and training session when required.
Adhere to Trust policies, including those related to sustainability, health and safety, and infection prevention.
Support and attend the ADHD Team in Masterclasses, community outreach sessions. Providing full admin support throughout the session.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
Respond to calls and emails from adult service users, carers, and external professionals, ensuring accurate and timely communication.
Handle sensitive or complex queries with tact and professionalism, signposting to appropriate services as needed.
Manage appointments for the Adult ADHD clinics, including booking, rescheduling, and communicating with service users.
Manage incoming and outgoing mail, filing, and ordering office supplies.
Ordering items and raising POs for Cardea.
Ensure secure disposal of confidential materials.
Provide support to other administrators within the team, ensuring a cohesive and effective working environment.
Ensuring links for online appointments are sent, clinic rooms booked, and the client kept up to date.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Outlook, and other relevant software.
Extensive use of RiO to ensure client records are up to date and important information is logged and uploaded.
Support the team with the prescription database.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Apr 2025
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