Team Administrator

Employer Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Danetre Inpatients Unit, Danetre Hospital Town Daventry Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/10/2026 08:00

We have an exciting opportunity for a 9 month fixed term contract Band 3 Team Administrator to join our evolving and inclusive team to provide comprehensive administrative support at Danetre Inpatients Unit, Danetre Hospital in Daventry, this is part of the Adult Inpatient Community Beds Services within Northamptonshire.

We are current looking to recruit someone for 37.5 hours per week, days to be agreed, into a permanent post, based at Danetre Inpatients Unit.

The post holder will work alongside an established countywide administration team based across the North and West of the county. They must be flexible and use their initiative to organise their own workload dependent of the priorities and requirements at the time. Good communication skills, organisational ability, strong IT skills and flexibility are essential for this role.

This role provides business and service administration support to the Danetre Inpatients Unit team, always ensuring a focus on quality and delivery.

The post holder will be required to adhere to multiple deadlines with priorities that could change on a regular basis. They will be required to attend locality meetings and liaise closely with the B7 Ward and Therapy Team Manager on the ward.

The post holder will frequently be the first point of contact for key stakeholders within their locality, so will have a high level of communication skills to be able to provide assurance and deliver a positive outcome

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
• Substantial administrative experience providing a full spectrum of administrative duties.
• Good level of general education this is including GSCE English and Mathematics. RSA 2 typing or equivalent.
• Good working knowledge of all Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, Power Point
• Experience of supporting or leading a project
• Good level of education to include GCSE English and Mathematics, RSA typing or equivalent
• Substantial administrative experience providing a full spectrum of administrative duties
• Sound working knowledge of Microsoft packages e.g. Word, Excel and Outlook
• Ability to prioritise own workload and meet deadlines
• Excellent time management and organisational…