Theatre Administrator
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep.
Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
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Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic administrator to join our theatre administration team at NSECH, to help deal with day to day enquiries and support the clinical team with data input. Someone who has good communication and organisational skills when dealing with all members of the MDT, supporting the nursing and medical staff on a daily basis.They will be expected to submit audit data and manage own workload within the department, using several digital platforms to ensure the correct data is collected and updated on a regular basis. Also working alongside teams external to the department to ensure high standards of patient care are delivered.
Main duties of the job
Assisting in the general efficient running of the theatre reception providing office support to all specialities within the theatre department. office duties include answering telephone calls and queries, filing and photocopying. also maintains stock of printed forms and relevant documentation for the theatre department.will be asked to collect and submit data for audit and be proficient at using the theatre sapphire data base. in addition to this the administrator would be expected to support the Theatre Team Manager in people management and ESR.
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country.Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients?
You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!
Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Assisting in the general efficient running of the theatre reception providing office support to all specialities within the theatre department. Office duties include answering telephone calls and queries, filing, photocopying. Will be asked to collect and submit data for audit and be proficient in a number of digital platforms including the theatre sapphire system.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Higher National Diploma and/extensive experience in relevant administrative area
- RSA Stage III/Word processing or equivalent Experience
- EDL
- Driving License
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowlege of a range of computer packages, e.g. ESR, Word, Excel, PAS, NJR, Sapphire System, IPROC and Health roster
- Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post
- Good knowledge of medical terminology
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates.We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!
Certificate of Sponsorship
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Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.