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Job summary

Main area
Adult Community
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
22.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available)
Job ref
274-11492-AC
Employer
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Sleaford Talking Therapies, Unit 1 and 2 The Willows
Town
Sleaford
Salary
£24,169 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/06/2025 23:59

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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Administrator

NHS AfC: Band 2

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established IAPT service as an Admin Assistant for the Boston  Lincolnshire Talking Therapy Team. We are looking for an organized, flexible, efficient team player to join our busy, supportive service.

The successful applicant will be based at Sleaford LTT, supporting service delivery, working Mon 9-5 and 1 late shift per week on a rota. Duties include reception cover, book patient’s appointments, input data, other general office tasks. The service will provide regular supervision and training to support this.

LTT is a successful IAPT service that provides a stepped care model for the treatment of people with mild to moderate common mental health problems e.g., anxiety and depression in line with NICE guidelines.

For further information please contact Vanessa Randles Team Manager 07716 079016 [email protected]

Main duties of the job

You will require excellent communication, organisational and IT skills as well as having an exemplary telephone manner, with the initiative to work on your own at times. We are currently offering hybrid work if appropriate and rostered by the supervisor and Team manager, ensuring that office cover is maintained as the priority.

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

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 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, 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. 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 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.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy lifeVisit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·     Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

 We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

•            Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

•            Competitive annual leave allowance

•            Car leasing scheme

•            NHS pension scheme

•            Free eye tests

•            Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

•            Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today:

Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For further information please contact Vanessa Randles Team Manager 07716 079016 [email protected]

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Understands Code of Conduct in relation to Data Protection and Information Governance.
  • Organise and plan straightforward activities relating to own workload on a day to day basis, some on going, adjusting own workload in response to prevailing circumstances.
  • Managing own activity within sphere of responsibility. Ability to accurately input confidential data onto a database
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Able to use own initiative
  • Able to communicate with Service Users
  • Resilience to difficult and sometimes potentially upsetting situations

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE in English, grades A-C or level 2 Literacy or equivalent;
  • NVQ level 2 Business and Administration or equivalent
  • ECDL or equivalent including basic knowledge of all MS Office packages – including Microsoft Office calendar for diary management
  • Typing/word processing or equivalent;

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant experience of working in a general administrative background, preferably within an NHS setting;

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 ICSPastoral Care Quality AwardStonewall Top 100 2024Stonewall Bronze Award 2024Net ZeroWellness Wellbeing

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vanessa Randles
Job title
Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07716 079016
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