School Nursing Administrator

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.

Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.

Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.

In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.

Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment

If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.

Our Values:

We Care

About each other

Our patients and their families

The communities we serve

The environment

We support them and deliver on their promises

We Respect

Each other

Our patients and their families

Our partners

We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return

We Listen to

Each other

Our patients and their families

Our partners

We act and learn from what we hear

Job overview

Previous Applicants Please Not Apply

PART TIME POST - 21 HOURS A WEEK ALL YEAR ROUND

PERMANENT

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our school nursing team as an administrator. You will provide day to day clerical support to the School Nursing Service across Stockport, including uploading and scanning of documents to patient electronic records and general office duties

You must possess excellent communication and IT skills and be flexible and adaptable to the needs of the service. Previous experience in a health care setting is desirable although not essential and you must demonstrate a willingness to learn new skills.

• To provide clerical support to the School Nursing Service across Stockport.
• The post holder will be familiar with a full range of clerical tasks to provide support to the clinical team.
• The post holder will require IT Skills using a range of systems including Word and Excel.
• The work involves working with sensitive and confidential patient information on electronic child and adult health records systems.

Working for our organisation

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice

• To provide a full range of clerical tasks using IT skills include spread sheets, word processing, emails, electronic patient record processes and retrieval of information using a variety of systems.
• General office administration skills including filing and the management of electronic and paper child health records and telephone duties.
• To work as part of a team and to carry outs tasks set by the line manager or School Nursing Team Leads.
• Understanding of GDPR, Patient confidentiality, Risk Management and Health and Safety Procedures and guidelines.
• To process incoming and outgoing mail.
• Undertake all other work deemed appropriate to the role in consultation with line manager.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• English and Maths GCSE, O Level or A-C above or equivalent qualifications
• NVQ level 2 or above in a relevant subject such as customer care, IT or business administration

• Administrative qualifications eg RSA, Keyboard skills, ECDL

knowledge

• Knowledge of a range of secretarial/administrative procedures

• Knowledge of NHS Systems Emis, PAS, Synergy,

Experience

• Previous clerical/administrative experience
• General Office Duties

• Experience of working in a Health Care Setting
• Experience working with general public
• Customer Care

Skills and abilities

• Excellent communication skills face to face and on the telephone
• Computer skills, including word, excel, power point, data inputting and scanning
• Demonstrate willingness to learn new skills and accuracy, attention to detail
• Able to work on own initiative without constant supervision
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Team Player

Applicants are encouraged to read the documents attached to this vacancy before applying, including the job description and person specification and the information for applicants which includes useful information to assist you in completing your application.

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Please also note that Stockport NHS Foundation Trust are unable to refund Interview expenses or re-location costs.

Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.