We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 3, 30.5 hours, Diabetes Administrator within the Diabetes Department at University Hospital Birmingham. We have one post available at Heartlands Hospital.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who relishes a challenge and is keen to use their own initiative. The successful candidate will be required to be a key member of the team, providing a professional and high quality administrative service at all times.
You will be required to work to a high standard of accuracy and be able to demonstrate initiative in planning your own workload in a way that supports the Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialists. Our team is a very busy department and you will be expected to manage their day to day admin, booking admissions/appointments, importing documentation to patient electronic records, typing letters, liaising with patients and colleagues internally and externally. You will also be required to work as secretary to the lead DSN.
We would like the successful candidate to be pro-active, approachable and supportive to both patient and colleagues, to have a conscientious approach to their work and the ability to demonstrate administrative experience and be able to meet the main duties of the role as identified in the job description.
This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, for more information, please contact: Karen Bartha, Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist Diabetes 07973 249164
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
- Good General Education (e.g. GCSE English and Maths A-C) GCSE Level 9-4
- Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a clerical environment
- Experience of dealing with the Public/Customer service experience
- Experience of working with a range of Microsoft Office packages (eg. Word, Excel and Outlook)
- Experience of using IT systems
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.