Receptionist / Administrator

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

**Job overview**:
Are you looking for a rewarding career and do you want to be part of a friendly team?

Do you have excellent communications skills and a keen eye for detail?

Can you effectively manage multiple tasks and priorities?

Do you have experience of managing detailed complex information and maintaining a strong degree of confidentiality?

If you have said ‘Yes’ to each of the above, then we might just have the role for you

We are looking for an experienced receptionist/administrator for Bury North Community Team based in Newmarket. The role is a temporary position. We are looking for someone to work:
30 hours per week to cover Monday to Friday

**Main duties of the job**:
You will need to be able to demonstrate the strength of your communication, prioritisation and administration skills at the same time as showcasing your knowledge of IT systems. You will be able to evidence a flexible response to service needs and the ability to think creatively. Experience of working to deadlines, on your own initiative and maintaining strict confidentiality are also essential.

We can offer a welcoming, friendly and supportive environment that puts the needs and care of our service users first and provides a responsive administration service to the Community Mental Health Services. You will be encouraged to develop your skills and knowledge.

Previous administration experience is essential. Full training will be given for the specific role and our systems.

**Working for our organisation**:
**Benefits**:
Benefits included with this role are:

- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

**Why work for us?** We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

**Why Norfolk and Suffolk? **The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Whilst this role is primarily supporting reception/telephone calls the following task may be required.

Minuting of meetings on a regular basis, supporting with Medic work as required, ensuring orders are placed for stationary and other required items on EP2P, and all other administrative duties as required to support service needs.

Please do contact us, if you would like to discuss the role further or have an informal visit.

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

- NVQ 2 Customer Services/business or equivalent qualification/experience.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Knowledge of Trust’s electronic records NVQ Level 3 IT Training

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

- Experience of working in a busy