Business Support Supervisor

**Business Support Supervisor**:
**Band 4**:
**Main area**
- Administrative
- **Grade**
- Band 4
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- **Job ref**
- 201-22-1047**Site**
- St Austell Hospital
- **Town**
- St Austell
- **Salary**
- £22,549 - £24,882 Per Annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

**We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.**

**_ Strategic Themes_**

**_ Great Care_**:

- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

**_ Great Organisation_**_ _**:

- We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

**_ Great People _**:

- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

**_ Great Partner_**:

- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:
To provide business support function to St Austell Community Hospital, and secretarial services to the Hospital Matron.

**Main duties of the job**:
We are looking to welcome an IT literate administrator/supervisor with good prioritisation skills and office based experience, preferably within the NHS. Competency across Microsoft packages including excel, clear written and oral communication skills together with a basic understanding of data protection and confidentiality are essential requirements. Accuracy and attention to detail are key. You will be team leader for the administration team ensuring support is provided to all departments within the hospital.

This is a full time post offered at 37.5 hours per week to be worked Monday - Friday based at St Austell Community Hospital

**Working for our organisation**:
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

**Person specification**:
**Education Qualifications & Exp**:
**Essential criteria**:

- RSA III Word Processing or equivalent experience
- RSA II Audio Typing or equivalent experience
- Substantial experience working in an office environ