# Senior Administrator - Childrens Services > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-administrator-childrens-services/949939d5-812c-4c5e-a3ef-42a97ca3fd2f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-administrator-childrens-services/949939d5-812c-4c5e-a3ef-42a97ca3fd2f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bodmin - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-14T15:51:42.840Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Blackwater_Truro/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administrative/Administrative-v8114107 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8114107?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We’re looking for a motivated and organised individual to join our welcoming and supportive team. If you thrive in a busy environment, take pride in delivering high-quality administrative support, and want to make a meaningful difference to children, families and clinical staff, we would love to hear from you. This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same, offering a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills while contributing to an essential service. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible and proactive Senior Administrator to join our Neurodevelopmental Assessment & Consultation Administrative Team in  Blackwater Truro. In this role, you will play a key part in the smooth day-to-day running of the team, helping to coordinate and deliver high-quality administrative support. You will help ensure that children and their families receive an efficient, responsive and positive service, while working in line with agreed procedures and timescales. You will also contribute to maintaining high standards across the team, supporting colleagues with administrative tasks, and ensuring all patients, families, staff and visitors are treated with professionalism, kindness and respect at all times. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be responsible for the provision of administrative support, their key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: - Provide comprehensive administrative support across the service - Deliver reception duties, including welcoming families and answering telephone calls - Process new referrals and manage multiple email inboxes - Prepare correspondence, including acceptance, report, and discharge letters - Maintain and manage diaries - Scan and accurately record confidential information on computer systems - Liaise with professionals to gather information for the clinical team - Update and maintain Rio essential demographic information - Take minutes at various meetings (adhoc) - Support the Clinical Admin Coordinator with general workforce tasks as required ### 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’. This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply: - Cornwall Foundation Trust - Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge & Abilities **Essential** - Experience in using NHS software packages i.e. RiO - Previous NHS or Local Authority experience - Understanding of Children’s Services **Desirable** - Supervisory experience ### Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience **Essential** - GCSEs or equivalent (A-C) including Maths and English - CLAIT/ECDL/NVQ 2 or equivalent - NVQ 3 in business admin or equivalent qualification or experience - Administrative Experience of working in a complex and busy office environment - Previous Team administrative experience **Desirable** - OCR Level 3 Text Processing or equivalent - OCR Level 3 Audio Typing or equivalentious NHS or Local Authority Experience - Record Keeping - Data – Protection / Information Governance ## Documents - [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977) - [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833) - [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834) - [job description & person spec (pdf, 776.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10419030) - [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976) - [senior administrator job functional requirements form admin clinical environment (pdf, 432.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10410015) ## 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.