Job overview
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Surrey & Borders NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a full-time (1.0wte) Senior Administrator for it's Adult Neurodevelopmental Service to provide admin support to the service, it's practitioners, patients and health and social care colleagues.
You will need to be an enthusiastic and resourceful person, an excellent communicator who is well organised, self-motivated and able to work to their own initiative and as part of a team.
Applicants should have a demonstrable background in administrative support roles, be able to work under pressure and also enjoy working within a team environment.
Main duties of the job
The smooth running of the office of the Adult Neurodevelopmental service (NDS) through comprehensive, efficient and high quality secretarial and administrative services.
To ensure efficient and appropriate administrative support to enable the NDS to provide the best clinical support possible to people who use our services.
This will involve effective collaboration, prioritizing and organizing the day-to-day workload while maintaining confidentiality of information throughout the full range of duties involved.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please see job description or arrange an informal discussion please contact either Jo Jarvis (Lead NDS Admin) or Tim Harrison (Service Manager: see contact details)
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Good working knowledge of administrative and secretarial processes e.g. electronic filing systems and formatting documents/reports.
- Demonstrable experience in supervising and appraising administrative staff/working at a senior administrative level
- Minimum four years’ experience working with PC/word processing
- Experience handling confidential information
Qualifications
Essential
- Five GCSEs Grade C or above including English Language/RSA3/NVQ3 or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Other relevant training/qualifications
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This advert is for Senior Administrator with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Leatherhead, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £29,812 - £32,715 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Jul 2026.
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