Paediatric Diabetes MCS Administrator
Job overview
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital are looking for an administrator with experience who can provide strong organisational and administrative support to the diabetes team. You will be based predominantly at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and will also provide support to the North Manchester General Hospital Diabetes team with a requirement to cross cover South Manchester where needed.You may be required to work cross site on occasion.
Main duties of the job
The Paediatric Diabetes MCS Administrator will ensure the highest standard of service delivery within the Paediatric Diabetes team providing essential administration and validation support as well as a variety of secretarial tasks. You will balance the needs of the service with the need of staff, ensuring the continuity of an effective service.
The post holder will also act as MDT administrator and coordinator for the team, supporting medical, nursing, dietitian and Psychology input, ensuring patients are managed in accordance with the Best Practice Tariffs (BPT) and NICE guidelines.
The successful candidate will work without supervision and show extensive use of initiative in prioritising and making decisions in relation to effectively supporting the smooth operation for the service.
Please see the attached job description for more detail.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Relevant Level 3 or equivalent qualification i.e Business Administration
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria- Previous experience in a similar administrative role
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Competent using Microsoft Office Applications – e.g Outlook, Excel, word, Microsoft teams.
- Experience of providing good quality customer care.
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection principles
- NHS Experience in a similar role.
- Experience of working with and using NHS systems / electronic patient records
- Experience ordering and receipting using finance systems.
- Experience of diary management and meeting management. Including the provision of minutes and action logs.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria- Able to prioritise work to meet deadlines whilst managing interruptions from staff/patients.
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail