Care Community Admin Assistant - Nantwich & Rural Crewe, England
Job description
Cheshire East Integrated Care Partnership (CE ICP) is a rapidly developing alliance of health and social care providers collaborating to deliver health care to our population. This exciting role provides an exceptional opportunity for a forward thinking, enthusiastic and innovative Care Community Admin Support Assistant.
Mainly supporting the Coaches, Service Managers and Clinical Leads the Admin Support Assistant will be responsible for accurate, efficient and proactive diary and email management, arranging in-house and external meetings, minuting meetings, preparing presentations, as well as other ad hoc duties. You will be used to constant prioritisation, acting as a gatekeeper and playing an ambassadorial role in the absence of the teams you support, whilst working closely with the Care Community Teams and external partner organisations.
You will have supported at an Admin Support Assistant level before, be friendly, flexible, highly approachable and professional, switched on, able to work to deadlines, a strong team player with great communication skills and able to think ahead as well as outside the box with meticulous organisational skills. Strong MS office skills, experience of working in a highly confidential environment and previous experience at this level is required.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Mainly supporting the Coaches, Service Managers and Clinical Leads the Admin Support Assistant will be responsible for accurate, efficient and proactive diary and email management, arranging in-house and external meetings, minuting meetings, preparing presentations, as well as other ad hoc duties. You will be used to constant prioritisation, acting as a gatekeeper and playing an ambassadorial role in the absence of the teams you support, whilst working closely with the Care Community Teams and external partner organisations.
The fixed term post is primarily based at Infinity House, Crewe with 1 day a week being spent at Church View Primary Care Centre, Nantwich. The post will however require collaborative working across all 8 sites if required. A full, clean Driving Licence is essential. The post is offered for the period 17.04.23 – 01.03.24 on a full time basis.
Applicants wishing to undertake the role as a secondment from a substantive post are also welcomed to apply for this exciting opportunity subject to prior agreement from their Manager.
