Admin Lead

An excellent development opportunity has arisen within the Community Administrative Service for an Admin Lead in South Manchester and Trafford. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to lead and supervise the day-to-day work of Manchester and Trafford Crisis Response Services.

This post will be an ideal opportunity for you to develop your leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. This will be a challenging and busy role requiring the successful applicant to have excellent organisational skills, the ability to prioritise their own workload and work to tight deadlines.

The successful applicant must possess the ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining a calm and professional attitude. A flexible approach to working across 3 sites and the ability to adapt to changing priorities with confidence and a helpful manner is essential. You must have at least two years’ office experience. You must have excellent computing and communication skills as well as strong team working qualities. You will be provided with training and support.

You must be able to travel between a variety of community sites.

The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring an efficient and effective administrative service is provided to the Crisis Response Teams in Manchester and Trafford. This will include line management of staff, including conducting appraisals, managing sickness and ensuring deadlines are met. The post-holder will be required to implement policies and procedures in their own area, communicate effectively and act independently. The post-holder will be expected to exercise their own judgement through experience and troubleshoot only flagging up matters outside of their remit. Provide administration support to the Service Lead, Clinical Lead, Operational Manager and clinical staff to include support with issues of a complex and sensitive nature.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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 28,000 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 programs. 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.

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We’re looking forward to hearing from you