Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Support
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-CEN2481-EB
- Employer
- Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Minerva Health Centre
- Town
- Preston
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clerical Officer - Physical Health
Band 2
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
1 x Part Time Vacancy at Minerva Health Centre
22.50 hours per week
The post holder will have a good standard of education with qualifications in English, Maths and Word Processing.
Excellent computer skills are required.
One of the primary purposes of this role is to provide a comprehensive reception and administration service and therefore administration experience is essential in order to provide a professional service to the clinical teams.
Experience of dealing with people is also essential, as are excellent interpersonal and customer care skills.
It is essential that the post holder has good organisational and communication skills.
The post holder will be required to work both as part of a team and on their own initiative.
The post holder will provide a comprehensive administration and information service across the Central & West locality Physical Health teams, coordinating their activities with other members of the Business Administration Team to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided.
The post holder will be aligned to a specific team and is required to work flexibly in response to the needs of the Networks administrative service providing cover to departments on various sites as directed by their administration line manager to ensure continuity of a quality service provision.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a comprehensive administration and information service across the Central & West locality Physical Health teams, coordinating their activities with other members of the Business Administration Team to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided.
The post holder will be aligned to a specific team and is required to work flexibly in response to the needs of the Networks administrative service providing cover to departments on various sites as directed by their administration line manager to ensure continuity of a quality service provision.
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Administrative qualification at NVQ Level 2/RSA 2 or equivalent experience
- GCSE English Language A-C
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working in an office environment
- Working with members of the public
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good grammar and numeracy skills
- Excellent keyboard skills
- Data input and retrieval
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent telephone manner
- Treats people with courtesy and respect at all times
- Team player
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephanie Brikh
- Job title
- Admin Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01772 401142
- Additional information
Alternative contact details:
Paula Sutton-Whalley - Deputy Admin Lead
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