Job description

Job responsibilities

You will also be expected to provide diary management, such as booking appointments and to maintain electronic records, in accordance with Trust policy.You will work closely with other administrative staff to ensure continuity of administration support and mutual assistance within the service. It willbe expected that the post holder will be able to think on their feet, provide flexible cover for service opening hours and able to cover times ofabsence such as holidays and sick leave.The work will be demanding and varied and you will be required to have excellent demonstrable administrative skills, be confident and assertiveand be able to work autonomously using your own initiative. You should be a competent audio typist and have a good knowledge of Excel.Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.Our service is a multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, specialist nurses, systemic, social workers, occupational therapists, and psychiatrists.This post will be based in Walsall locality however applicants much be prepared to work across the Black Country as and when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Good standard of education / 5 GCSE's or equivalent with GCSE English grade A - C
• Word processing / typing at RSA/OCR Level II (or equivalent)
• NVQ3 in Business Administration or equivalent qualification

Desirable

• Excellent communication and organisational skills

Skills / Abilities

Essential

• oExcellent work processing skills including accurate and speedy typing and audio typing
• oExcellent communication and interpersonal skills when dealing as first point of contact with all levels of staff in person, on the telephone and in written correspondence
• oEffective handling of highly confidential information ensuring high level of discretion at all times
• oExcellent planning and organisational skills

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing administration support to a team of staff
• Experience of co-ordinating complex meetings
• Experience of maintaining systems eg databases

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Canalside

Canalside Abbotts Street

Bloxwich, Walsall

WS3 3AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)