Admin Assistant

This Admin Assistant post sits at Cygnet Nield House, a 29-bed women's mental health hospital run by Cygnet Health Care. The role provides organisational and administrative support, including reports, records, telephone enquiries and occasional minute taking for the hospital's administration team. It is full time, 40 hours a week Monday to Friday, and covers two wards:
Clarion, a complex personality disorder service, and Compton, an acute admissions service. Applicants need experience in health care, knowledge of mental health and an enhanced DBS check.

• Provide a high standard of organisational and administrative support
• Prepare reports and other written materials to a high standard
• Keep files and records as required
• Work co-operatively with the administration team to keep the department running smoothly
• Take minutes at meetings occasionally and take notes for meetings as required
• Answer the telephone and respond to enquiries in a friendly, efficient manner

• Experience in health care

• Knowledge of mental health
• Organised and flexible, able to prioritise workloads, solve problems and make decisions
• Calm under pressure and able to work on own initiative
• Strong written and verbal communicator with an eye for detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Highly proficient in Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Windows and the internet

• Enhanced DBS check

• Strong career progression opportunities
• Expert supervision and support
• Employee referral scheme
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount scheme