Team Administrator Posted - Band 4

Are you an experienced administrator seeking a new challenge in mental health?

We are recruiting a full time Administrator to work as part of the Melksham Community team to provide a comprehensive and confidential secretarial service to the multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team.

To work as part of the Community CAMHS Administration team to provide an effective, comprehensive and confidential administrative service.

• General administrative & reception tasks- receiving and replying to emails, answering the telephone, data entry, greeting visitors, taking notes and minutes in meetings.
• To ensure the Team databases/ electronic files/ performance systems are accurate and up to date, together with data inputting as necessary.
• To ensure efficient operation of allocating appointments, managing clinic diaries, reviews for patients and other professionals.
• Ensure clinicians have information available at appropriate times.
• Provide cover for administrative colleagues who are absent from the team and deputise for the Office Manager when needed.

Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding.

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity  will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

• Clearly able to describe how they manage workload and prioritise actions/tsks.

• Clearly able to describe how they communicate effectively in their current role.

• Previous administration experience.

Melksham CAMHS Team Administrator JD (DOC, 157.0KB)

Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)