Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9:00 - 17:00)
- Job ref
- 367-ACMS-9686
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tekhnicon House, Springwood Drive, Braintree, CM7 2YN
- Town
- Braintree
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2025 08:00
- Interview date
- 22/09/2025
Employer heading
Team Administrator
Band 4
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Job overview
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Mid Essex Talking Therapies admin team.
Our Administrators are pivotal to our work in providing first line contact to people who call us, and in providing a comprehensive, professional and effective administrative support to our team.
You will have the ability to work well within a team environment and be able to manage and prioritise workload, being able to work on your own initiative with minimal supervision.
In return, we offer structured supervision and access to training and development as part of your own personal development and support plan.
Main duties of the job
The job role involves providing comprehensive, professional, and effective secretarial and administrative support to the Mid Essex Talking Therapies Team.
This is a busy and varied role so good interpersonal skills are required. As some of the work will involve speaking to service users on the telephone, you must display a considerable degree of tact, possess mature judgement and maintain a calm, friendly and efficient manner.
The right person will be able to work with a degree of autonomy and apply a high degree of confidentiality to all of their work.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
About us - Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust
Heard. Respected. Included. Together, we help people with mental ill-health, learning disabilities and autism to live life to the fullest. We work throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk...https://www.hertsnhsgreattogether.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be highly skilled and experienced in the full range of administration
work practices, software programmes, and specialised functional
terms.
To be proficient in the use of MS Office and Electronic Patient Records.
Processing new assessment referrals, booking assessments before the breach date and entering appointments in the electronic patient record.
To attend and take minutes for meetings as required which includes preparing the agenda and uploading notes.
To be proficient in using the electronic patient record for administrative purposes.
To use knowledge, and experience to assist other members of the admin team when requested to undertake additional admin tasks such as scanning, photocopying, answering the telephone etc.
To update skills as necessary and attend mandatory training
To work unsupervised, on a daily basis, prioritising own workload, using initiative as to what is routine and what is urgent.
To use agreed guidelines/procedures and developed knowledge/skills/qualifications when working autonomously and managing own work.
For a more comprehensive Job and Person Specification please read attached before applying
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Audio Typing
- Competent in Windows and Word applications
- Good general education
Desirable criteria
- ECDL
- Familiar with medical terminology
Experience
Essential criteria
- 2 years experience working in an office environment
- Experience recording and typing up meeting minutes
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in the NHS
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge of IT and Windows applications
- Good organisational abilities, with good time management skills
- Able to demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills
- Understanding of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of health records
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
- Sue Flower
- Job title
- Operational manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01376 308704
- Additional information
Please note that HPFT are contracted to provide Mid Essex Talking Therapies until 31st March 2026, after which there may be a change to the exisitng provider of this service.
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