Administrative Assistant Manchester, England
Job description
The Manchester Speech and Language Therapy Service is committed to providing a high-quality service to children and families across the city of Manchester.
We are looking for an experienced Administrator to join the Sure Start Team.
You will play a vital role supporting therapists. Duties will include coordinating training, referral management, typing, supporting clinicians in managing patient groups, liaising with clinicians/professionals across other services, activity reporting to commissioners.
This is an opening for an enthusiastic and confident individual who enjoys
communicating with others and utilising their excellent organisation and administrative skills.
We are looking for someone with a positive, can-do attitude, who is team focused and wants to learn and get involved. You will need to have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and very good IT skills.
You will be working as part of a very supportive team of Speech and Language Therapists and Language Development Workers who work alongside partners across the city to deliver the Communication and Language Pathway to support children’s early
language development.
To provide a comprehensive administrative support service to the Communication and Language pathway team.
The role is based at Wythenshawe. However, there may be occasions when visits to other bases across the city may be needed to support team events.
This post is for 12 months fixed term – 22.5 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday). Alternative patterns may be considered.
Manchester Speech and Language Therapy department provides opportunities for ongoing professional development.
Salary scale Band 3 £21,730 - £23,177 pro rata
Closing date: Tuesday 16th May 12:00 noon.
For further information or an informal chat please contact Julie Ashworth 07966626795
Team Lead or Jayne Macdonald Administration and Business Support Manager on
0161 470 6770 (Monday to Thursday)
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!
