# Administrator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/administrator/620922eb-ebaa-44a6-9a72-9a5bc6da0b4b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/administrator/620922eb-ebaa-44a6-9a72-9a5bc6da0b4b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust - **Location:** Priority House (ME16 9PH) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Administrator - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T14:00:42.983Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Sevenoaks/Kent_Medway_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8293377 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8293377?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Previous applicants need not apply. You will be part of the West Kent Neuropsychiatry Administration Team who provides direct administrative support to the West Kent Neuropsychiatry Clinical Team. You will also be expected to liaise effectively with employees at all levels throughout the organisation and with external organisations as required, using verbal, written and electronic media. You will be expected to work on own initiative with the ability to organise own workload and exercise discretion as to the degree of urgency and importance required, create and maintain spreadsheets and databases, have experience of electronic diary management, be an excellent communicator and ability to remain calm in sometimes difficult situations. You will have front line contact with service users, carers and the general public or other external stakeholders, as well as internal colleagues. You will also be expected to supervise the Band 2 Assistant Administrator after the six month probation period. You may, from time to time, be required to travel to our East Kent Neuropsychiatry office in Ashford to provide cover/support to our admin colleagues and clinicians so a car owner would be beneficial. ### Main duties of the job - To maintain records on electronic systems such as RiO for which accuracy and promptness are critical as is adherence to information governance policy and procedures. - To understand appropriate use of email, calendar and accessing centralised services for room bookings. - To provide support to Administration Business Co-ordinator/Performance and Quality and Administration Manager in ensuring teams conform to the Health and Social Care Records policy and RiO user guidance. - Postholders may supervise Band 2 administrative staff when appropriate including allocation of work and monitoring standards of work produced and ensuring equality of workload. - To be able to produce high quality documents from a variety of software whether downloaded, digital dictation e.g. BigHand or from other means. - To be competent in taking minutes of local meetings and typing up of same onto team template. - Accepting draft letters and documents from clinicians and providing a ‘top and tail’ service in relation to branding, grammar, punctuation, presentation and etiquette. - Scanning and uploading of /forms to RiO and filing of documents as appropriate, updating any patient demographic details as required. - Determining urgency and importance of emails and deals with them appropriately, highlighting emails to management where necessary. - Booking of interpreters as requested using the appropriate system and following agreed. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - A minimum of three years experience of working in an administrative role in a healthcare environment - At least one year’s experience in supervision of staff **Desirable** - Working in the NHS - Knowledge or RiO ### Knowledge and skills **Essential** - Excellent communication skills via a variety of methods (telephone, verbal, video) - Good knowledge of microsoft applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams **Desirable** - Ability to take Minutes of Meetings ### Training and Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE Grade A to C in Maths and English with excellent spelling and command of the English language **Desirable** - NVQ in Business Administration ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 623.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2394) - [band 3 administrator job description (pdf, 576.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10611702) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.