Perinatal Mental Health Team AdministratorinWokinghaminWokinghamPUBLISHED FRI 7 FEB 2025
Candidates should possess strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office applications, and experience with general administrative tasks such as typing and record keeping. The role requires excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to prioritize workload to meet the service's urgent needs. The Trust emphasises equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds, ensuring reasonable adjustments can be made as needed. Interested individuals are urged to apply promptly due to the potential early closure of the recruitment process.
Interview will be held on 28th Feb 2025
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Administrator to join theBerkshire Specialist Perinatal Team which provide mental health care to birthing population in the six localities of Berkshire. You will be a valued member of the Multidisciplinary team to interface across the service and our clients.
The successful applicant will support the effective operation of the Perinatal Mental Health Service, providing high quality organisational, administrative and secretarial support to the MDT.
You will be required to work with minimal supervision to provide professional secretarial and administration support to Perinatal Mental Health Service. As a valued member of the team, you will have good interpersonal skills and confident in operating a wide range of systems and process and also assist in the promotion of high-quality services whilst adhering to the Trust's Core Standards and Values.
To undertake a range of clerical & administration duties within the Perinatal Mental Health Service in a sensitive and polite manner whilst providing a comprehensive & efficient clerical service to patients and clinical staff within the Trust.
To answer telephone calls into the service from our external agencies, patients, carers, staff and all other professional staff in a helpful, professional and courteous manner and to ensure all calls are dealt with politely and efficiently and rerouted where appropriate.
The post holder is expected to liaise effectively and professionally with all levels of staff, departments, external organisations and the public, dealing with confidential information in an appropriate manner.
The post holder is expected to act on their own initiative on a daily basis to ensure the effective running of the Perinatal Mental Health Service, prioritising their own workload with guidance from the administrative manager.
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To be the first point of contact for the patients/clients when required. Receive telephone calls and visitors, taking messages and undertaking initial investigations and action when required and promote effective communication across the team
About us
- You will be highly skilled in IT functions including Microsoft Excell, Google documents, Microsoft word 365, Power point presentation, publisher and others. Knowledge on the use of RIO is desirable.
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise to ensure urgent needs of the service are attended to at all times
- To haveknowledge on general administrative task such as typing, record keeping and information management
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Alex Afoakwah on or email: who'll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
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