Maternity Governance Administrative Coordinator

**The closing date is 18th May 2025**

**Job summary**:
Are you an experienced and adaptable administrator with excellent typing skills? We are seeking a committed Maternity Governance Administrative Coordinator to provide high-quality administrative and secretarial support across both Musgrove Park Hospital (MPH) and Yeovil District Hospital (YDH).

In this varied role, you will support maternity governance functions while also offering flexible administrative assistance to the Podiatry Booking Office when needed, as directed by the Administration Manager.

This is a key role supporting the smooth running of governance processes and clinical service delivery. Flexibility and a proactive approach will be essential as the role evolves alongside service development.

If you're looking to contribute to a vital area of patient care and governance, we'd love to hear from you.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
To organise, run and maintain an efficient administrative service predominantly working within the maternity governance team, as well as providing support to the Maternity Incentive Scheme lead midwives and other teams within maternity when required.

To support the guideline and audit processes within maternity at Somerset Foundation Trust

**About us**:
At **Somerset NHS Foundation Trust**, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

- ** Flexible working options** to help you balance work and life
- ** NHS pension scheme** for long-term financial security
- ** Generous annual leave allowance** to recharge and relax
- A strong focus on **career development** to help you grow and achieve your potential

Additionally, you'll gain access to our **Blue Light Card**, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.

**Why Somerset?** Somerset offers the perfect blend of **idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty**, and **breathtaking coastlines**, with vibrant cities like **Bristol**, **Bath**, and **Exeter**just a short drive away - and only two hours to **London**.

The region is home to excellent **educational facilities**, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.

**Somerset truly has it all** - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.

**Job description**:
Please see attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details of duties and responsibilities.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:

- Knowledge of auditing and data analysis
- Diploma or equivalent experience/qualification.

**Desirable**:

- NVQ in Business Administration or equivalent

**Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Regular requirement to develop or create reports, and documents to evidence fulfilment actions from maternity incidents
- Able to utilise multiple information systems and reporting platforms
- Experienced in creating and maintaining reports, e.g. using spreadsheets, producing graphs and run charts to identify trends
- To comply with all aspects of the General Data Protection Act (2018)

**Additional Criteria**:
**Essential**:

- Standard keyboard skills/inputting and manipulating data, information into computer databases
- Expert in the use of Microsoft Teams, Word, Database and Excel programmes
- Evidence of a good standard of Literacy / English language skills
- Ability to effectively communicate with the others from all grades and specialities
- Is able to coordinate multiple spreadsheets and action plans at any one time
- Can plan own workload to priorities tasks in relation to service demands
- Uses computer more or less continuously.
- Requirement for prolonged concentration to maintain data collection systems, process data or write reports, all of which require attention to detail and accuracy.
- Willingness to use technology to improve standards of care and support to our patients

**Desirable**:

- Confident in negotiation and persuasion

**Disclosure and Barring Service Check**:
Lisa Chaplin

01823344746

**Pay scheme**:
Agenda for Change

**Band**:
Band 4

**Salary**:

- £26530.00 to £29114.00 Yearly
**Contract**:
Permanent

**Working pattern**:
Full-Time

**Reference number**:
184-OL-GR-2469

**Job locations**:
Musgrove Park Hospital
Musgrove Road
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 5DA