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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
18 months (secondment or fixed term post)
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
15 hours per week (Daily team meeting 9-10 with a face to face team meeting each Wednesday morning 9 -12. All other hours to be flexible to meet service requirements.)
Job ref
311-T594-25-A
Employer
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pennine Care NHS Foundation trust wide
Town
Trustwide
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/07/2025 23:59

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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Treating tobacco dependency team administrator

NHS AfC: Band 3

 

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values

 

Job overview

Please note  - if enough applicants apply this vacancy may close early.

 

The postholder will provide a full administration support service.

  • Provide accurate and efficient admin support including appropriate 
    correspondence on behalf of the service.
  • Act as first point of contact, answering the telephone, taking messages and redirecting as necessary.
  • Manage the diary of the Managers and coordinate with other diaries to arrange meeting, where applicable.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide accurate and efficient admin support including appropriate 
    correspondence on behalf of the service.
  • Produce and update rotas for senior and junior staff. Also acting as first point of contact for queries on rotas, where applicable.
  • To input absence information into Smart system and produce monthly reports, including sick absence and annual leave, where applicable.
  • Act as first point of contact, answering the telephone, taking messages and redirecting as necessary.
  • Manage the diary of the Managers and coordinate with other diaries to arrange meeting, where applicable.
  • To communicate with staff in maintaining timely procedures for data entry and answer queries relating to the information held on Trust electronic systems, where applicable.
  • Prioritise own workload to meet varied timescales involved
  • Set up and maintain administrative systems e.g. filing system, monitoring system to support the service.
  • Data input onto an electronic system
  • Produces report from electronic system

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

  • Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
  • Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
  • Access to Continued Professional Development
  • Involvement in improvement and research activities
  • Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
  • Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Attend management meeting, take and produce minutes when required
  • Undertake specific projects as identified and agreed by the service
  • Ordering of equipment, vapes and other items
  • Stock control.
  • This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role.
  • Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time.
  • The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GSCE English and Maths Grade 9 – 4 (Grade C or above) or equivalent
  • NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
  • RSA III or equivalent
  • City and Guilds Certificate

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
  • Administration experience
Desirable criteria
  • Work experience in medical environment.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Office procedures and systems
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of NHS services

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • High standard of communication skills both verbal and written
  • Excellent prioritisation skills
  • Ability to effectively work on own or as part of a team
  • Able to maintain confidentiality.
  • Flexible
  • An ability to use initiative and work under high levels of pressure in sensitive situations is essential.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyDisability confident employerNorth West BAME

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
Gregory Dimelow
Job title
Treating tobacco dependency lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07912455143
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