Job overview

An exciting opportunity for an administer to work for the Single Point of Access (SPoA) Team within South Manchester Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

The South Manchester CAMHS, Single Point of Access Team (SPoA) is a triage and assessment service for children, young people and families who are seeking support with their mental health. It aims to simplify the referral process and access to mental health support for children, young people, families and their professional network. This service is for children, young people and families who are registered with a South Manchester GP or who are experiencing an urgent mental health need while in the South Manchester area.

We are looking for an experienced and well organised administrator, with strong IT skills, who is able to work both in a team and independently. Should also be able to prioritise own workload whilst working a challenging and demanding environment.

This role is full time Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours and is based at the Carol Kendrick Centre, Wythenshawe.

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive, high quality and efficient administrative support service to the SPOA clinical team and patients as per duties detailed.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.