A vacancy has arisen for an Administrator to join the East Kent Acute wards supporting ward manager, ward consultant, and staff
This role would be working from Foxglove Ward, with the need to support meetings and team days where applicable. It will also support general ward staff needs such as ordering staff uniforms among many other things
The successful candidate will need to be a self-motivated, dynamic, forward-thinking, and flexible administrator due to the contact demands on the ward
The ideal candidate will be educated to GCSE in Maths and English or equivalent, and will have strong customer service skills, a professional and confident telephone manner, good organisational and keyboard skills. Some experience working in the healthcare industry particularly the NHS would be advantageous. Similarly, document typing would be an advantage.
The post holder will also have some degree of responsibility in managing job tasks for their band 2 colleague.
You will require a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and be able to remain calm and professional when dealing with difficult situations.

Preparing Agendas for meetings.
Minuting meetings.
Diary management.
Supporting senior staff with administrative duties
Other varied admin tasks will be identified as the team/role evolves
An effective approach is required to ensure an efficient and high standard of service to our patients.
Also the need to be able to work to deadlines and under pressure.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
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We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of mental health nurses, social workers, liaison and diversion workers, apprentices, lived experience practitioners and a consultant psychiatrist. We work closely with the police, courts, youth offending teams, probation, community mental health teams, community mental health teams, social care providers and many more health and social care partners.
We will offer full support in the form of supervision, appraisal and personal development plans, as well as a real investment in your training and development.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team as a Band 3 Administrator. This is key role within the service, providing a flexible and comprehensive admin provision to enable us to deliver the best possible service user experience we can.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role