# Healthy Child Programme 5-19 Team Administrator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Brighton
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum / pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** 34 hours per week (34 hours per week part-time)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-05-27T14:01:12.533Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Lancing/Sussex_Community_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8040204
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8040204?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

A vacancy has arisen for an Administrator with good communication skills and excellent organisational/clerical abilities to work with the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) team in West  Sussex  Healthy Child Programme 5-19 .The base could be in Lancing or Horsham,  depending on  the successful candidate.

If you'd like to hear from the people who work in this service, check out these YouTube videos:

School Nursing - Linda Starkie: school nursing enabled a work life balance | The Community Network - YouTube

School Nursing: Julia Simpkin - why I moved from A&E | Celebrating Community Services 2022 - YouTube

School Nursing: Katie Riggs - school nursing was always the goal | Celebrating community services - YouTube

School Nursing: Sarah Argent - it'll broaden your horizons | Celebrating community services 2022 - YouTube

Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role is unlikely to be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes - GOV.UK

Health and Care Worker visa: If you’ll need to meet different salary requirements - GOV.UK

### Main duties of the job

You will need to work independently and collaboratively with the Team Lead, clinical staff, and the other administrator within the team. The post requires a flexible approach as it involves working with different disciplines within the HCP. The ability to work to deadlines, under pressure and without supervision is essential.

The following skills are essential to the role: experience with databases such as excel and able to quickly learn the Trusts health record keeping System (SystmOne), competency with Microsoft Office systems and word processing, excellent telephone manner and communication skills, and maintenance of strict confidentiality. The successful candidate will liaise with a range of professionals, manage waiting lists, book appointments, book venues, maintain stock control of resources, maintain and create databases and spreadsheets, and importantly, maintain a positive attitude, embodying the values of the organisation.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to a HCP team including communicating with the public, dealing efficiently with correspondence, typing meeting notes and preparing reports from draft, booking client appointments and regular inputting of client details onto the record keeping database.

Please see the attached JD and PS for further details.

## Job Details

A vacancy has arisen for an Administrator with good communication skills and excellent organisational/clerical abilities to work with the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) team in West Sussex Healthy Child Programme 5-19 .The base could be in Lancing or Horsham, depending on the successful candidate.

If you'd like to hear from the people who work in this service, check out these YouTube videos:

School Nursing - Linda Starkie: school nursing enabled a work life balance | The Community Network - YouTube

School Nursing: Julia Simpkin - why I moved from A&E | Celebrating Community Services 2022 - YouTube

School Nursing: Katie Riggs - school nursing was always the goal | Celebrating community services - YouTube

School Nursing: Sarah Argent - it'll broaden your horizons | Celebrating community services 2022 - YouTube

Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role is unlikely to be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes - GOV.UK

Health and Care Worker visa: If you’ll need to meet different salary requirements - GOV.UK

## Job Description

You will need to work independently and collaboratively with the Team Lead, clinical staff, and the other administrator within the team. The post requires a flexible approach as it involves working with different disciplines within the HCP. The ability to work to deadlines, under pressure and without supervision is essential.

The following skills are essential to the role: experience with databases such as excel and able to quickly learn the Trusts health record keeping System (SystmOne), competency with Microsoft Office systems and word processing, excellent telephone manner and communication skills, and maintenance of strict confidentiality. The successful candidate will liaise with a range of professionals, manage waiting lists, book appointments, book venues, maintain stock control of resources, maintain and create databases and spreadsheets, and importantly, maintain a positive attitude, embodying the values of the organisation.

## Responsibilities

To provide a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to a HCP team including communicating with the public, dealing efficiently with correspondence, typing meeting notes and preparing reports from draft, booking client appointments and regular inputting of client details onto the record keeping database.

Please see the attached JD and PS for further details.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Proficient using Outlook and email systems
- Proficient using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Good written and verbal communication skills

**Desirable**

- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous administrative experience
- Experience of typing and producing business documents – e.g. letters and reports
- Experience of data inputting, databases
- Experience of stock control and of ordering supplies/equipment
- Experience of working with/dealing with the public
- Experience of organising diaries and planning Meeting

**Desirable**

- Experience of use of electronic record systems ie RIO/SystmOne
- Experience of working in a health setting
- Experience of using virtual contact platforms such as MS Teams or Zoom

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Good standard of secondary education to GSCE level or equivalent with minimum grade C/level 4 for English and Maths
- RSA 2 or equivalent knowledge gained through relevant experience

**Desirable**

- Computer related certificate or equivalent i.e. EDLC

## Documents

- [hcp 5-19 admin jd ps (pdf, 336.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10328678)
- [staff benefits brochure (pdf, 484.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2262)
- [easy read application form (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2435)
- [about sussex community nhs foundation trust (pdf, 632.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2743)
- [applicants guide to the use of generative ai in applications (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2971)

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