Job description

Working Full Time : 37.5 hours per week.

There is an exciting opportunity within the Estates Department for a Band 4 Estates Administrator post which will be based in the Estates office at The Countess of Chester Hospital. This role is permanent and full time at 37.5 hours per week. You will provide administration support to the Estates team including the Associate Director of Estates, the Head of Estates and to the Estates team.

Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation.Our high-performance culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviors.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.

We look forward to receiving your application.

• To be responsible for the planning, management and co-ordination of all aspects of the administrative functions within the Estates Office to to ensure an efficient administration.
• Provide a full secretarial service to the Associate Director/Head of Estates and Senior Managers.
• Manage and maintain the diary and commitments of the Associate Director of Estates, Head of Estates and Senior Managers, taking responsibility for scheduling meetings and determining appropriate access.
• To provide an efficient and comprehensive support to the Associate Director/Head of Estates and Senior Managers undertaking full range of responsibilities associated with the post. The duties will include using discretion, maintaining confidentiality and the ability to work unsupervised.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.

The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.