Multi-Skilled Administrator

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic multi-skilled administrator to join the inpatient mental health administration team at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading. Previous experience in an administrative or medical secretarial role is essential as is a commitment to excellent patient care, team working and a willingness to support change and adapt to new ways of working.

Excellent typing and word processing skills combined with the ability to produce high quality documentation area necessity as is experience of working with spreadsheets and databases. The successful candidate will also have minute taking responsibilities in conjunction with other members of the team

Please note:
This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship under current UK immigration rules. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

The successful candidate will work across several disciplines within the inpatient administration team including the medical secretariat, medicalrecordsand general administration. Key tasks will include

processing data subject access requests in-line with GDPR and Trust policies and procedures - this will require analysing medical records that often contain highly sensitive and distressing information

updating and maintaining accurate records relating to data subject access requests and other requests for information

transcribing medical summaries

preparing weekly reports of clients who have been discharged

preparing agendas and taking minutes at meetings

providing high level administrative support to the senior leadership team

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The must haves for this role:

• Good standard of education (4 x GCSEs at grade C or higher (old grading) grade 4 or higher (new grading) or equivalent
• Previous experience of working in office-based or customer care environments and of handling sensitive and confidential information
• Ability to produce professional documentation to a high standard
• Demonstrable experience of using Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint) to an advanced level.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations:
Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call:
Lauren Elliott on  or email: lau who will be delighted to help.

• Good standard of education (4 x GCSEs at grade C or higher (old grading) grade 4 or higher (new grading) or equivalent
• NVQ level 3 (or higher) in business administration or demonstrable experience in an administrative role
• European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) or similar qualification

• Evidence of continuous professional development

• Previous experience of working in office-based or customer care…