Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Hours completed over 3 or 4 working days, Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 201-25-543
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Austell Community Hospital
- Town
- St Austell
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Administration Supervisor
Band 3
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated and keen individual to join our team at St Austell Community Hospital. The successful person will work with hospital staff to deliver an effective admin function , and work with the Business Support Supervisor to develop the role / service as required. Supervision of the Administration team will be a key part of the role.
Proposed interview date: to be confirmed
Please note: If you need sponsorship, please check the requirements for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) on the gov.uk website to see if you're eligible before applying.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist the Business Support Supervisor (BSS) in the provision of administrative services to the hospital. A key part of your role will be supervising and supporting the committed and hard working team of administrators .
Tasks include ;
- Day to day supervision of team
- Day to day review of all departments and co ordination of cover as required .
- Deal with daily admin queries
- Undertake staff appraisals
- Supporting BSS with the eroster :
- annual leave / absence and cover arrangements
- log sickness absence , and complete Return to Work interviews with employees . - Support BSS with any performance issues
- Assist in Personal Files management
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- NVQ 2 in Business or administrative qualification or equivalent experience Work towards NVQ 3 Admin
- RSA 3 or Equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Healthcare / NHS administration experience
- Experience of NHS IT systems, e.g.ERoster
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising and developing staff including performance management
Knowledge and abilities
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an administrative setting including diary management, organising meetings
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Sarah Semmens
- Job title
- Business Support Supervisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01726 873002
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction.
Margaret West , Matron on 01726 873004 or email [email protected]
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