Job summary
- Main area
- Team Administrator
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00)
- Job ref
- 270-TG106-MH-A
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lotus House
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 pa, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Team Administrator
Band 3
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the recently expanded MHLDA Care Delivery Pathway supporting two key services; the Adult Mental Health Psychology Team and the Dementia and Older People’s Psychology Service Team. The post holder will work within the busy and energetic teams providing administrative support to clinical and counselling psychologists, assistant psychologists, psychological therapists and the Lead Consultant Psychologists for each service.
We are looking for a well-established administrator who is enthusiastic and ambitious. The post-holder will be required to assist in the set up of new systems and processes and will play a key part in shaping the administrative support for the services.
The post will be based at Lotus House in Northampton
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will maintain and provide administrative and secretarial support for the Adult Mental Health Psychology Team and the Dementia and Older People's Psychology Service Team.
They will be required to work as part of a wider hub of other Team Administrators and will report directly to the Personal Assistant to the Chief Psychologist in the MHLDA Care Delivery Pathway, forming part of the administration network within psychology. They will benefit from a comprehensive supervision and appraisal system, with a commitment to staff development.
The post-holder will work within specialist psychological services, provide cross cover during periods of staff absence, be flexible in their approach and use initiative and judgement to organise their own workload.
They will have knowledge and understanding of Microsoft packages. They will demonstrate an enthusiasm for professional development and will be motivated to further their understanding and skills through various training opportunities.
Working for our organisation
NHFT welcomes applications from people, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status or pregnancy or maternity status.
Car owner/driver and current driving license essential or access to a car as you may be required to cross cover other sites (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Please note that the advert may close early if sufficient number applications have been received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE level in Maths and English or equivalent
Skills & Attributes & Experience
Essential criteria
- Good written & verbal communication skills
- Computer literate and competent in the use of Microsoft packages including Outlook, Word and Excel
- Positive and helpful attitude toward mental health service users, carers and other staff members
- Knowledge of a range of secretarial and administration procedures, including diary management, arranging appointments, minuting meetings and creating and managing electronic filing systems and records
- Ability to work independently and organise a varied workload, meeting competing demands and working to deadlines where required
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in a healthcare setting
- Previous experience of using the Systmone electronic patient record system
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
- Victoria Richardson
- Job title
- PA to Chief Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07541645055
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