
Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
3 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Administration 2 years
- Experience
Minute taking 1 YEAR
- Experience
Systm 1 Experience
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Prison Administration Experience
- Experience
Minute taking course
- Experience
Excel experience
Job overview
We are excited to offer a full time position for a Band 3 Administrator to work at HMP YOI ISIS providing a varied and rewarding role.
This position offers the chance to develop a broad range of skills and experience, working Monday - Friday within a Cat C prison environment. The successful candidate will work closely with multidisciplinary teams supporting service delivery, patient care pathways, and operational functions within the prison setting.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post
Main duties of the job
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, and is motivated by working collaboratively across teams. You will gain exposure to diverse healthcare services, contribute to service improvement, and play an important role in supporting high-quality care for patients across the prison estate.
You will be highly valued as an organised, adaptable, and proactive individual with strong communication skills and the ability to build positive working relationships across multiple teams and environments.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Task and Responsibilities
- Undertaking copy/audio typing and word processing support to the team for the provision of required client related reports, letters, discharge summaries etc, including legal documentation, whilst prioritising work- load and meeting deadlines.
- Dealing with incoming correspondence on a daily basis, distributing and taking appropriate action as necessary and ensuring urgent items are brought to the attention of a member of the team.
- Preparing and presenting any statistical returns as necessary.
- Undertake any administrative procedures required to support the team, e.g. arrange medical staff & practitioner rota’s organise meetings.
- Implementing and maintaining effective client filing systems, ensuring client records are safe, confidential, up to date and accessible.
- Attending and participating in meetings.
- Minute meetings e.g. case conferences/professional meetings and team meetings as required, distributing as appropriate and taking administrative follow-up acting on own initiative.
- Undertaking administrative duties, e.g. diary management, photocopying, faxing, monitoring stationery/clinical items and ordering as necessary.
- Using electronic clinical record system (SystmOne), email, intranet, Internet and Microsoft packages as required.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
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.
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This advert is for Administrator with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in Dartford, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Administrator role. The advertised salary is £30,630 - £32,346 Pro Annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Oct 2026.
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