Maternity Administration Assistant

Maternity Administration Assistant Band 2
Provide administrative support to the community midwifery team, supporting care to woman and babies in support of the midwife, working as part of a multidisciplinary team and reporting back to midwifery staff.
Maternity Administration Assistant will provide and coordinate all clerical and administrative duties, supporting the provision of an efficient and effective service. Contribute to effective communication links between the acute and community midwifery services, GP Practices and any other organisation who requires information.
Maintain accurate written and electronic information systems, supporting accurate and timely data input onto IT systems. Participate in planning, implementation and delivery of the service. Assist with team meeting planning, admin support as and when required.
Carry out coordination and support the delivery of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care including making and sending out appointments, scanning, tracking and archiving of records, ordering and organising of stock, ensuring maintenance of equipment by arranging servicing/repair, supporting team leaders in busy periods as well as other general administrative duties. Support in Data quality reports process and action as required.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2 nd December and the new cost will be
Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.
**Standard Check**: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
**Enhanced Check**: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems