Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Preston, Lancashire | United Kingdom
Job description
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust, Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, Psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust supports 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, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
For more information about Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Medical Staffing Team for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to undertake the post of Medical Staffing Admin Apprentice.
The post holder should have excellent interpersonal skills, energy, drive and enthusiasm to compliment the Medical Staffing Team.
You will need to possess good written communication skills, pay attention to detail and have the ability to produce accurate correspondence.
Please be advised if you are a ‘Non-UK National’ applicant you must meet the eligibility criteria and fulfil the settlement requirements of the apprenticeship course funding. Your settlement status will need to be verified as eligible for funding by the relevant apprenticeship provider in order for you to formally enrol on the course.
The training provider will require evidence of:
We advise that you check the https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apprenticeship-funding-rules-for-employer-providers/annex-a-eligibility-criteria-who-we-fund for more details on your visa’s eligibility to undertake an apprenticeship course.
Pay for this role is ANNEX 21 starting salary is £17,035, increasing to £18,252 after first 12 months.
The role of the medical staffing administration apprentice is to provide a customer-focused and efficient administration service to the Medical and Dental Human Resources team.
This role will involve carrying out a range of administrative tasks relating to Medical HR, but particularly linked to post graduate junior doctors.
The role requires excellent attention to detail, communication skills and a strong focus on customer service. You will have the ability to work with, and improve, existing processes and systems.
With rapidly changing priorities this will require the ability to use your initiative, to manage your own workload and work under pressure.
You will have excellent keyboard and IT skills together with experience of effective use of Excel and Word.
The apprentice will complete a Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship qualification to learn the necessary skills needed to be an administrator. Link to the apprenticeship standard can be found HERE
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Please see attached job description and person specification for more details on the job role and responsibilities you would be expected to undertake.
Please be advised that this apprenticeship course is ran as a cohort and the cohort start dates are as below:
Please note that further communication from Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (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 attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts. For all posts which require a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure & Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).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 three 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.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Care is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (especially those with experience of accessing mental health, or Learning Disability Services or caring for someone who has accessed mental health services or Learning Disability Services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. The organisation is proud to be listed as one of the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers and our HR department holds the Lancashire LGBT Quality Mark. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Imran Chati, Head of Medical HR via email [email protected] or the Medical HR Team Leader, [email protected]
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