Business Support Assistant - Peterborough, ON, Canada - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Description

Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Various- hub based- Cambourne, Huntingdon, Peterborough Town Huntingdon Salary £25,147 - £27,596 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 19/05/2024 23:59

Business Support Assistant Band 4 Job overview

We are currently looking to recruit a number of enthusiastic and motivated Business Support Assistants to join our newly established Business Support team.

The post holder will work closely with the Business Support Co-ordinator and be pivotal in providing a first class business support to the specialist teams, older people mental health and therapy services within the north and south localities.

Main duties of the job

The Business Support Assistant will play a fundamental role within the Older People and Adults Community Directorate structure. The role has the main responsibility of providing full business support to specialist teams, older people mental health and therapy services within the north and south localities.

The post holder will work closely together and with all relevant Specialist Managers to support with business delivery for the specialist teams within the Older People and Adults Community Directorate as follows:

• Therapy Services
• Neurological Conditions Team
• Speech and Language Therapy Team
• Falls team

The post holder will also have delegated authority and responsibility to act independently and to handle and deliver local decisions and actions with regards to the business functions of teams within a defined locality

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• Recruitment/HR support for Clinical Teams
• On-boarding (S1, Uniforms, IT access)
• Support with Healthroster
• Support with Expenses
• Support with Annual Leave
• Working with service managers to create new policy, procedure, and business plans
• Provide high level business support across services
• Effectively communicate between services and hub admin teams.
• Reporting
• Auditing
• Preparing presentations / meetings
• Clinical Business Continuity Plans
• MS Teams organisation and maintenance.
• Equipment asset registering and clinical engineering
• TAM's ordering

As the service is countywide, you will be required to travel to various sites.

For this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Person specification Education

• Educated to GCSE (A-C or 9-4 grades, one of which must be English) or equivalent
• High standard of written and spoken English.
• RSA/OCR Stage III/NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent.

Experience

• Experience in a senior administrative position
• Demonstrate ability to contribute towards service improvement
• Previous experience of working in an NHS office environment
• Experience of supporting a multi-disciplinary team

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to manage & prioritise own workload, work to tight timescales & deal with interruptions

Knowledge and Understanding

• Knowledge of SystmOne
• Good Understanding of the NHS

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

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