Team Administrator

Main area Perinatal Community Mental Health Grade Band 3 Contract 6 months (Fixed Term end date 31.12.2026) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 351-AR-CEN2586-ZK

Site East Barn Town Lancaster Salary £25,760 - £27,476 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/07/:59

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children's nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

This post forms part of a service currently subject to a service improvement and redesign programme. Service delivery models, roles and structures will be reviewed as part of the improvement process, which may result in changes and a consultation process in line with the Trust's Organisational Change Policy.

The Trust is committed to supporting staff throughout this process and ensuring fair and transparent decision making.

Please note that this is a fixed term post with a set end date of 31 December 2026.

This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join a community based, Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team and work as part of a multi disciplinary team. This team includes administrative workers, Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Mental Health Practitioners, Parent Infant Practitioners, Social Workers, Support workers and Clinical Team Leaders.

Main duties of the job

You must be able to provide efficient administrative support and have excellent IT, keyboard and data inputting skills. You will also require strong interpersonal skills, be able to demonstrate initiative and the ability to organise your workload effectively.

The work is varied, interesting and demanding and candidates need to be organised, flexible and dependable. We are looking for people who possess the ability to meet the demands of the service and also to be able to communicate with a wide range of people, including patients and health care professionals.

This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join a community based, Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team and work as part of a multi disciplinary team. This team includes administrative workers, Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Mental Health Practitioners, Parent Infant Practitioners, Social Workers, Support workers and Clinical Team Leaders.

You must be able to provide efficient administrative support and have excellent IT, keyboard and data inputting skills. You will also require strong interpersonal skills, be able to demonstrate initiative and the ability to organise your workload effectively.
The work is varied, interesting and demanding and candidates need to be organised, flexible and dependable.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about this role please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Customer Care or Business Administration - or equivalent experience
• Demonstrable commitment to continuous personal development.

Knowledge

• Awareness of issues in the Mental Health Network. Knowledge of a range of administrative correspondence etc. including live note taking at RSA II or equivalent.
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
• Ability to deal effectively with competing demands.

Experience

• Previous experience as a Secretary/Administrator including diary management
• Previous experience of working in a fast moving, confidential, sensitive, pressurised deadline driven environment.
• Experience of supporting and minuting meetings.

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

Please note that further communication from LSCFT will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.

Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.

If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this. Undeclared use may result in withdrawal. Please ensure your application reflects your own skills and experiences. While AI tools can assist, they may produce generic or inaccurate content. We encourage you to provide personal examples that demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.