Team Administrator

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will be part of an administration team that provides comprehensive administrative support to the Milton Keynes Talking Therapies Service.
Milton Keynes Talking Therapies Service has been providing support to the residents of Milton Keynes since 2009. We are a well-established and successful service that is currently expanding to meet the increasing needs of the local community. Our team consists of diverse and dynamic psychological professionals and support staff. We are responsible for providing low and high-intensity, evidence-based interventions in accordance with the stepped care model.

We offer agile working opportunities to all of our staff, which would enable you to work flexibly from home for a proportion of your week.

• To be the first point of contact by phone, email, and walk-in visitors to the department.
• To ensure that all enquiries are dealt with in an appropriate and polite manner and that an appropriate response is initiated.
• To work alongside the senior duty worker to accurately record new referrals and send documentation to patients.
• Coordinate patient appointments as needed, including making opt-in phone calls to schedule telephone assessment appointments and ensuring all necessary documentation is sent to patients before their appointments.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

• To be the first point of contact by phone, email, and walk-in visitors to the department.
• To ensure that all enquiries are dealt with in an appropriate and polite manner and that an appropriate response is initiated.
• To work alongside the senior duty worker to accurately record new referrals and send documentation to patients.
• Coordinate patient appointments as needed, including making opt-in phone calls to schedule telephone assessment appointments and ensuring all necessary documentation is sent to patients before their appointments.
• To coordinate the cancellation of appointments where clinical staff are absent or off sick.
• To ensure that the data on the electronic patient care record is accurate and up to date.
• Post holder will work independently using their own initiative to provide support and signposting to users of mental health services where appropriate.
• Provide general secretarial support to the Administration Manager and take minutes at team meetings when required.
• To work as part of an administration team, to ensure adequate cover in other areas if required.

Please refer the Job description for details