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Job summary

Main area
Specialist Services
Grade
Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship
Contract
Apprenticeship: 18 months
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
274-10822-SP
Employer
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Op Courage
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£12,514 per annum dependent on age
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/05/2024 23:59

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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Apprentice Administrator

Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship

Job overview

Are you looking to start a career in the NHS? Are you considering a career change?

Do you want to work in a friendly and supportive team who will help you develop?

We are offering an opportunity for you as an Apprentice Administrator. The role comes with lots of support and professional development from our friendly team. At Op Courage, the Veterans Mental Health Service you will support us to provide a high standard of service for patients and their families and carers.

Main duties of the job

You will embark on a comprehensive 18-month training programme working towards level 2 NVQ Business Administrator.

During your employment you will be working with Op Courage the Veterans Mental Health Service where you will work alongside colleagues delivering day to day administrative support. Here you will gain a broad range of knowledge, skills and competencies to support your onward progression and development.

Full training and support will be provided throughout, and we aim to support you into full time posts within the trust.

As part of this role, you will gain valuable experience in a variety of tasks including but not limited to;

  • Data entry.
  • Answering emails, calls and post.
  • Taking meeting notes.
  • Support the coordination of meetings.
  • Supporting procurement of supplies.
  • Typing and electronic filing.
  • Supporting management and clinical staff.

The normal working pattern is 7.5 hours per day Monday to Friday.

You will need to demonstrate strong organisation and time keeping skills, be able to work on your own initiative, take a flexible and adaptive approach to work and be committed to achieving your apprentice qualification.  

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you think you have good communication skills, can be part of a team, are able to use a variety of computer systems and can organise and prioritise your time then you can apply today.

Please have a look at the job description for full details.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the NHS and a great team.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE in English and Maths, Grades A-C, Grade 9-4 or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Keyboard and communication experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good literacy skills
  • Good computer skills and level of computer literacy, including use of MS Office packages
  • Ability to abide by rules of confidentiality Good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Confident approach
  • Ability to use initiative and work independently when required
  • Able to manage own time effectively including working to deadlines and prioritising own workload

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Sunflower Hidden DisabilitiesTimewise-Flex Positive EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoMenopause Friendly EmployerArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.AccessAbleStonewall Gold 2022Dying to Work CharterStep into healthCarer Confident -AccomplishedNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkOne Workforce Lincolnshire ICS

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lauren Price
Job title
Team Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522 307289
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