Admin Team Lead-Band 4 Manchester, England
Job description
The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring an efficient and effective administrative service is provided to the Services within the South Locality. This will include line management of staff, including conducting appraisals, managing sickness and ensuring deadlines are met. The post-holder will be required to implement policies and procedures in their own area, communicate effectively and act independently. The post-holder will be expected to exercise their own judgement through experience and troubleshoot only flagging up matters outside of their remit. Provide administration support to the Community Service Leads and Matrons and providing support with issues of a complex and sensitive nature.
To undertake any other duties which is deemed appropriate to the band when requested by Senior Staff.
The above indicates the main duties of the post which may be reviewed in the light of experience and developments within the locality. Any review will be undertaken in conjunction with the post-holder.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated admin team lead to join our Neighbourhood Admin and Specialist Services, based at various sites within the South Locality.
The post is predominantly Mon to Fri between the hours of 8am to 4pm which can be flexible.
As Team Lead, you will be responsible for the line management of the admin teams within Neighbourhood Admin and Specialist Services, to include appraisals, managing sickness and ensuring deadlines are met.
You must be hard working, possess good oral and written communication skills, have good computer skills and be flexible to the needs of the service. Previous clerical experience, preferably in a healthcare setting, would be desirable.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
