Location: Totnes, TQ9 5GH
Salary: £22816.00 to £24336.00
Date posted: 14th August 2024
Closing date: 10th September 2024
Business Support Administrator
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Job Description:
Are you someone looking for a career in one of the UK's most respected mental health and learning disability trusts?
Would you like to be part of a dedicated team committed to making a difference to peoples lives to enjoy a better future?
We are looking for an experienced Business Support Administrator to join the South Hams and West Devon Older Peoples' Mental Health Community Team based at Totnes Community Hospital in Totnes.
The role is dynamic and varied and will be part of a friendly and supportive administration team, forming part of the wider clinical community team. The role is busy and developing alongside our newly implemented patient record system (Systmone).
We will support you to learn the skills you need to thrive in the role. We will offer you the training and development support you need to begin a fulfilling career. In return, you will need to be motivated, flexible and eager to learn.
Devon Partnership NHS Trust is growing as we establish ourselves us as one of the leading providers of mental health services in the country.
Working as part of Devon Partnership NHS Trust, you will make a difference to peoples lives from the moment you start.
Please note interviews are scheduled for 19th September 2024.
Main duties of the job
You will be providing full administrative support to clinical colleagues and medical staff including producing of all letters, answering telephone/office cover, supporting clinical meetings with minute taking and entering information on electronic patient record (Systmone). Appointment and clinic management. Data entry and scanning.
You will have experience of working in a team, providing administrative support in an office environment. The role involves communication, so we expect that you have excellent verbal and written skills. These will be tested as you produce reports, maintain filing systems and records and take accurate meeting minutes. We expect you to have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, with level one standard in Word and Excel.
The administration team uses a shared email inbox system to coordinate and allocate work tasks. You will have an administration line manager who will support any training and learning needs and meet with you regularly for supervision. The administration team work on part office/part hybrid home working rota due to the service needs and office/phone cover. Full time home working is not available in this particular role.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Contact information:
Business Administrator
Tracy Gates
01803869488
