Veterans Service Administrator

Job overview

Administrator

If you are looking for a new and exciting opportunity, have good administrative  and ICT skills and experience and are not afraid of working in a fast-paced environment, you are exactly who we are looking for.

An opportunity has come up for an Administrator within the NHS Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service.

An element of this service is to provide an outreach and screening service for Afghan refugees who are veterans, have served in the military police, worked as interpreters within these services or in other roles alongside the British Army or Government, many of whom will have experienced trauma.

NB: It is a role requirement that the successful applicant can speak Dari and/or Pashto.

Main duties of the job

• The post-holder will support the management of the administrative function within the Op COURAGE Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service in order to provide an efficient and effective service. This includes a high level of prioritising and organisational skills to ensure administration targets are met. This to include swift and accurate administrative processing of referrals into the Service, co-ordination with triaging clinicians, and liaison with patients, referrers, services including GP, as well as the significant others of patients.

You must be experienced, dedicated, reliable, proactive, and a flexible individual who is assertive and take the initiative in anticipating the needs of their teams.

You should be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.  You should be able to demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills.

It is essential that you have experience in minute-taking  and using  Excel to intermediate level, along with good attention to detail.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to main duties of the job/ attached documents or please contact us on the email below where we would be happy to discuss in further detail.

Please ensure you read the attached Job Description and Person Specification to ensure you meet the criteria.

This role involves working with refugees from Afghanistan. It is a role requirement that the successful applicant can speak Dari and/or Pashto.