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Location
Salary
£28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 4
Deadline
11 May 2026
Contract Type
Permanent: 37.5 hours per week
Posted Date
01 May 2026

Job overview

  • To provide a comprehensive, professional, and confidential administrative and secretarial service to the Community Beds Leads using organisational ability in terms of administrative systems and demonstrating a high level of initiative and motivation.
  • To work in a managed rather than supervised environment, responsible for managing and prioritizing own workload.
  • To work effectively across the inpatient units, maintaining good communication and information sharing.
  • To organise and coordinate meetings for members of the team including liaising with other departments alongside other members of the Administration team.
  • To liaise closely with the Service Leads and take appropriate action in their absence for example, giving procedural and non-clinical advice and information to staff and patients including outside agencies and passing matters on.
  • To provide effective communication when dealing with the team and outside agencies.
  • To participate and contribute to the maintenance, evaluation, and continuing development of the service, including the use of SystemOne

*Proposed interview date: 19th May 2026*

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Main duties of the job

  • Answering telephone calls
  • Liaising with external providers
  • Arranging appointments
  • Supporting clinicians in administration tasks
  • Working with the clinical systems database System0ne and other systems
  • Updating and overseeing databases
  • Taking minutes for meetings
  • Roster management
  • Audits

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To provide a comprehensive, professional, and confidential administrative and secretarial service to the Community Beds Leads using organisational ability in terms of administrative systems and demonstrating a high level of initiative and motivation.
  • To work in a managed rather than supervised environment, responsible for managing and prioritizing own workload.
  • To work effectively across the inpatient units, maintaining good communication and information sharing.
  • To organise and coordinate meetings for members of the team including liaising with other departments alongside other members of the Administration team.
  • To liaise closely with the Service Leads and take appropriate action in their absence for example, giving procedural and non-clinical advice and information to staff and patients including outside agencies and passing matters on.
  • To provide effective communication when dealing with the team and outside agencies.
  • To participate and contribute to the maintenance, evaluation, and continuing development of the service, including the use of SystemOne
  • Answering telephone calls
  • Liaising with external providers
  • Arranging appointments
  • Supporting clinicians in administration tasks
  • Working with the clinical systems database System0ne and other systems
  • Updating and overseeing databases
  • taking minutes for meetings
  • Roster management
  • Audits