Safeguarding Business and Administrative Apprentice

As one of the largest employers in Chesterfield and North Derbyshire, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust strives to be a trailblazer in recruiting Apprentices and to ‘grow our own’ workforce of the future.

You will provide a high quality administrative service to the integrated safeguarding team, including a wide variety of interesting admin tasks to support your mandatory and chosen modules to fulfil the qualification.

With this in mind an exciting opportunity has arisen within the Integrated safeguarding team for a 2 year contract to provide a comprehensive administrative role supporting a range of specialist practitioners who work with some of our most vulnerable patients across adults and childrens services. We are looking for a diverse individual who is looking to gain a range of experience that will help you in a future career, hopefully within the NHS. Alongside this you will be working towards NVQ level 3 in Business Admin via a college provider. This role is only available to those who are 18 and over due to the type of care the team deliver.

Provide point of contact for the safeguarding team ensuring that a professional service is provided in all dealings with staff, service users, stakeholders and the public.

Dealing with both telephone and face-to-face requests in a confident and professional manner.

Requesting LPA information from Office of Public Guardian.

Maintain stock of posters and ensure they are posted appropriately across the Trust.

To provide administrative support for the integrated Safeguarding Team, including setting dates, booking rooms, the organisation of meetings, filing and gathering information.

To locate hospital records for the Safeguarding team

To utilise Social Media to promote the integrated safeguarding team

Preparing of a timetable for visitors to the team utilising team diaries

Typing and formatting documents, spread sheets, databases and presentations, using appropriate MS Office functions and to tight deadlines.

Maintain effective pending, planning and filing systems (electronic and/or paper) with a view to support progress to a paper light environment.

Regular use of Medway, EDIS and other Trust IT systems.

The post involves receiving and handling information which is confidential and therefore the post holder must maintain strict confidentiality at all times

Our vision is to be a first-class provider of sustainable healthcare services, delivering the best possible care for our patients; and being a great place to work for our people. Our Proud to CARE philosophy supports this vision - and we all play a part in achieving it, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other. As members of staff be guided by our Proud to CARE values:

- COMPASSION- treating everyone with kindness - welcoming diversity and inclusion, considering individual needs; and challenging inappropriate behaviours outside of our values
- AMBITION- Aspiring to be the best - reaching high standards, providing exceptional care and services; and achieving measurable improvements in people’s health and wellbeing
- RESPECT- Valuing and appreciating everyone - listening, learning and acting on their experiences, being open and honest; and recognising that working with others brings benefits
- ENCOURAGEMENT-Opportunities for all - supporting education and development, helping people to bring their improvement ideas to life and speak-up; and getting everyone involved in our future

Please view the Job description and person specification for more information as you will need to have the essential criteria to be shortlisted