Safeguarding Adults Administrator

Safeguarding Adults Administrator

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)

The closing date is 08 June 2026

This is a key administrative role within the Safeguarding Team, providing high-quality administrative coordination support to senior clinicians and professionals working in adult safeguarding. The post-holder will play an important part in ensuring the smooth running of the service by managing correspondence, audio typing, minute taking, maintaining accurate records, and supporting the organisation of meetings and safeguarding processes.

You will be joining a supportive and collaborative team where your organisational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities will make a real difference to the delivery of safe and effective care. The role also involves handling sensitive information, supporting data collection for audits, and working closely with colleagues across health and social care services.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced administrator who is motivated, reliable, and committed to high standards of work, with the chance to contribute to a vital safeguarding service that protects adults at risk.

The post-holder will provide high-quality, proactive administrative support to the Safeguarding Team, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of daily operations. You will be responsible for audio typing, minute taking, preparing professional correspondence, and ensuring accurate and timely communication with internal and external stakeholders, including GPs and partner agencies.

A key part of the role involves managing shared inboxes and telephone enquiries, prioritising workload effectively, and ensuring requests are dealt with in a professional and timely manner. You will support the coordination of meetings, including arranging venues, scheduling, and circulating documentation, while maintaining accurate and confidential electronic records.

You will also support the processing of safeguarding-related documentation and assist in gathering information for audits and reporting purposes. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the team, you will need excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy environment, while maintaining a high level of professionalism and confidentiality at all times.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services with inpatient and elective care, we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust. They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission:
We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other.

Our vision:
We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn.

Our values:

• Kind:
  We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone.
• Open:
  We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working.
• Fair:
  We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all.
• One team:
  We work well together and with our communities.

Job Purpose:

To provide comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to senior specialists, nurses, and other staff within the Safeguarding Team, under the direction of the Associate Chief Nurse for Safeguarding and Complex Care and the Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults.

Be willing to travel to meetings and, when required, working from alternative sites to meet service needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Prepare, audio-type, and minute professional correspondence, including reports and letters to general practitioners (GPs), service users, and external agencies, ensuring accuracy and completion within required timescales.

Work collaboratively with other Safeguarding Administrators to provide coordinated…