Business Assistant

**Job Overview**

**Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment**

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Business Administration Assistant to join our team with the Forensic Mental Health team.

As a Business Assistant you will work within an admin team to provide a comprehensive administrative service to medics and outpatient function within the Forensic Service. You will be joining a welcoming team who work well together and support each other.

We are looking for someone who is motivated, enthusiastic, a team player and above all able to demonstrates a commitment to the Trust’s values in everyday life.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer:

- A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
- Free onsite parking
- Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
- Health and Wellbeing Support

**Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)**

As a Business Admin Assistant, you will be required to attend meetings, taking minutes/notes of the meeting, circulating documentation including identifying actions ensuring they are logged, prioritised, and are followed up.

You will be planning and organising training, diary management of appointments and of the multi-disciplinary team and also events which will include co-ordinating travel arrangements and guest speakers.

You will support the processing of complex forensic patient referrals which involves collating information from various internal/external agencies.

You will support in organising multi-agency meetings for patients involving and supporting the Ministry of Justice and work collaboratively with the Mental Health Act office and processes.

You will support other patient related tasks including producing clinic letter via Digital Dictation, arranging outpatient appointments and Care Programme Approach meetings

flagging/prioritisation system.

You will be creating and formatting professional communications, such as letters, leaflets, presentations, reports and briefings to a high standard.

You will be ordering goods or services, monitoring progress of orders, checking receipt of goods or services to ensure invoices can be reconciled.
You will be dealing with complaints and using your own initiative to solve problems and escalating where necessary

You will cover the main reception in urgent service circumstances

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.