Job summary
Employer heading
Administrator for Maternity
Band 3
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Administrator for Maternity
Division: Women, Children and Young People
Care Group: Women's Care
Band: 3
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: 17th January 2025
Contract: 6 Month Fixed Term/Secondment
We are recruiting for a Administrator for Maternity who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have exceptional organisational skills, allowing them to manage and prioritise tasks effectively and at short notice. Providing equal support to the Midwifery Specialist teams:
- Compliance and Clinical Negligence Scheme For Trusts Manager (CNST)Â
- Diabetes
- Governance
- Education
- Fetal well-beingÂ
They will possess outstanding communication abilities, demonstrating a professional and friendly approach, demonstrating commitment to all Specialist Midwifery Teams.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a comprehensive administrative service for the senior Maternity team to help deliver; CNST, Risk/Governance, Saving Babies Lives, Education and Diabetes service requirements.
To actively participate in and support patient safety and quality monitoring improvement projects.
Participate in the collection of evidence for Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) assessment.
Collate agenda, attend and minute specialist meetingsÂ
Support Maternity IT team in data capture and input requirements
This job will involve cross team working ensuring key priorities for all specialists have good administration and communication to ensure service performance and development.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE A* - C, or Level 2 Functional skills
- NVQ/QCF Level 2 in relevant subject or demonstrable experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a health care setting
- Advanced knowledge in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook)
- Knowledge of multi disciplinary team working
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working in healthcare
- Experience of communicating effectively with a variety of professionals and outside agencies
- Experience of working within an NHS Trust or similar organisation
- Experience of communicating effectively with a variety of professionals and outside agencies
- Experience of office administration support duties
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Understands the importance record keeping
- Knows how to access Trust policies and procedures.
- IT & telephone skills, Audit & excel awareness.
- Can demonstrate awareness of Governance Security.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ellen Salmon
- Job title
- CNST and Compliance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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