General Administrator

Become a General Administrator with purpose, where your contribution is part of helping to change people's lives. It's an administration role that's rewarding like no other. Join the team at The Farndon Unit in Newark as an Administrator and be valued and supported.

You will support the service's administration needs, including new starter paperwork, organising training and managing leave requests. You will liaise with new staff members as you manage and verify their compliance documents, including DBS checks, identification, references and Right-To-Work. 

As an administrator, being organised and keeping the general office function running smoothly will be second nature; files will be in the right place and kept confidential, post will be cascaded, phones will be answered in a friendly and helpful way, and spreadsheets will be up to date and logical. 

Working alongside senior staff members, you will manage staff absences and leave requests, maintain personnel files, and produce audits. 

At Elysium, we want the best for you. That’s why you will have continuous access to a range of training courses to enable you to reach your career goals. After all, a better you means better care. That’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

As an Administrator you will:

• Preparing, formatting and proof-reading documents/reports.
• Co-ordinating all administration and data collection
• Organising meetings, including booking of meeting rooms/facilities.
• Taking and writing up minutes for Meetings where required,
• Tracking actions from meetings.
• To ensure that any filing is promptly undertaken.
• Assisting with general correspondence/typing.
• To support the archiving of hospital information.
• To deal with telephone calls and enquiries promptly, sensitively and efficiently, providing an immediate response and referring as necessary. To understand and respect the sensitive nature of calls, particularly those relating to patients and their relatives.
• Maintaining the confidentiality of information according to Elysium Healthcare’s policies
• Establishing and maintaining good working relationships with a range of individuals including staff, service users, their relatives and carers, professional bodies, and the public.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues.
• Having a positive attitude and approach to people with mental health problems.
• Compliance with policies and procedures.
• To support the clinical admin team which includes MHA Administrator and Medical Secretary where required
• To support the HR Team which may include induction program, maintaining databases, maintaining staff compliance, attending/minuting HR meetings.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Level/GCSE standard or equivalent
• Experience of working as an administrator in a mental health setting.
• A high level of computer literacy and IT skills regarding common Microsoft platforms and applications.
• Good knowledge and use of the English language including grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Experience of working within a framework of confidentiality
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with professionals at all levels
• Flexible and reliable
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Self-motivated, adaptable, enthusiastic and positive approach.
• Willing to undertake personal development/further training
• Commitment to equal opportunities practice and policy

Where you will be working:

Location: The Farndon Unit, Farndon Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 4SW 

You will be working at the Farndon Unit, a purpose-built low secure hospital which offers personalised assessment and recovery-based treatment pathways, including a trauma specific pathway, for women with complex care needs. 

You will join the multidisciplinary team in providing specialist care for people with a diagnosis of severe and enduring mental illness and/or personality disorder and/or mild learning disability.  

The combination of general low secure wards and a recovery ward area (also within the low secure perimeter) provide a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering recovery and rehabilitation.  

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £23,692.50
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.