Job summary
- Main area
- Admin & Clerical
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: 37.5 Hours per week
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 423-7210325
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale NHSFT
- Town
- Airedale, Steeton, Keighley
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 11/06/2025
Employer heading
Administration Manager Surgical Services (Band 5)
NHS AFC: Band 5
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
The Administration Manager is responsible for assisting the PSM to
ensure that a high standard comprehensive day to day support
service is provided within each team across all Surgical and
Diagnostic Division. This includes the overall line management
responsibility of all Medical Secretaries and Administration
Assistants, , across the Administration Teams; including the direct
supervision and line management of the Admin Hub Team Leaders
/Medical Secretaries who act as a point of contact to the staff in the
administration hub in which they work. The post holder will assist the
PSMs in overseeing the support framework within all areas across
the service to ensure that all consultants and their teams are always
supported to a high standard. The Administration Manager will lead a
programme of quality improvement with the Admin Team in line with
the strategic objectives of Surgical and Diagnostic Division.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached job description & personal specification for more information about the specifics of the role.
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduce telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes.
Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, craven college and Leeds city colleague to endure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace a 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, commitment to quality of are and working together for patients - we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification.
This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.
If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of human resources policies/procedures and staff supervision
- Knowledge of Information Governance
- Knowledge of Confidentiality
- Have an understanding of Surgical Services
- Extensive knowledge of a range of admin procedures, systems and quality monitoring
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good general level of education (to GCSE level or equivalent to include Maths and English grade C of above)
- ECDL Qualification or equivalent in IT systems
- Business Admin Level 4 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Project management qualification
- Quality improvement qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing high quality administrative support
- Experience of effective team working
- Significant experience of managing, supervising or supporting other staff
- Experience of undertaking performance development reviews
- Experience of setting up and maintaining administrative systems and processes
- Experience of organising competing demands and workloads
Desirable criteria
- Use of SystmOne (S1)
- Use of CERNER
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jonathan Frost
- Job title
- Patient Service Manager for Surgery & Endoscopy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294874
- Additional information
Rachel Roberts
Patient Service Manager for T&O and Head & Neck
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