Job summary
- Main area
- admin
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hours per day will include weekends)
- Job ref
- 846-6674341-CF-B
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone General Hospital
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Business Support Co-Ordinator
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
We are looking for a Business Support Co-Ordinator to join our Transfer of Care team based in Maidstone.
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If you have experience in administration, if you are innovative, able to work to deadlines, manage diaries and have excellent IT skills then this role would be ideal for you.
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Our team supports hospitals with getting patients home to recover after a stay in hospital.
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We are comprised of nurses, social workers and support staff. You will play a key role in supporting the service in an administrative capacity.
Main duties of the job
You will oversee the efficient and effective delivery of our service.
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You'll act as a primary point of contact between managers and a facilitator between our service and stakeholders.
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You'll need to be an excellent communicator, organised and pro-active in your approach. Strong IT skills will definitely be a must and a willingness to support your colleagues when needed.
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We're a strong believer in development and well-being. We always have opportunities for motivated individuals to develop in your career as well as employee benefits to support your well-being, such as flexible working patterns and the chance to buy annual leave.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Person specification
QualificTIONS
Essential criteria
- LEVEL 4 QUALIFUICATION OR EQUIVELANT DEMONSTRATABLE EXPERIENCE
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 3 Business Support , team leader or other leadership/management experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Practical application of polocies
Desirable criteria
- NHS administration experience,
knowledge
Essential criteria
- evidence of ability and skill with excel, Power Point, outlook etc
Desirable criteria
- understanding of National health and social care policy re discharge from hospital
skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- evidence of excellent written skills
Desirable criteria
- evidence of administrative duties
personal attributes
Essential criteria
- ability to be innovative and to show evidence of a solution forcused mindset
Desirable criteria
- evidence of managing own workload
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Gibson
- Job title
- Team Leader Discharge Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
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