Community Nursing Administrator

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Job Overview
The Community Nursing Service has an exciting opportunity for an Administrator to support a driven, dynamic, and dedicated team of Nurses who deliver care to people in their own home. You will benefit from a culture that is firmly centred on staff support and development, enabling genuine job satisfaction. Much of our work is innovative and you will enjoy full involvement, while being encouraged to contribute your own thoughts and initiatives.
The post is for 30 hours per week working 4 days on a permanent Band 3 contract, based at Cremyll Road, Reading. We are seeking to recruit someone who enjoys a challenge and is able to work as part of a Team and has the ability to work on their own initiative.

Interviews to be held 7th June 2023

• Working as part of our administrative team, you will support with the day to day running of the service by answer emails and telephone calls, following up actions where required.
• You will need to be confident in using the full Microsoft Office suite including Outlook, Word and Excel.
• You will have good interpersonal skills, providing an important link between the patients and our clinicians.
• You will also be required to work on your own initiative and demonstrate a willingness to help others as a key member of the team.
• You will be expected to be able to prioritise work and meet deadlines in order to fulfil the requirements of the post.
• You will carry out day-to-day organisation of systems to ensure the smooth running of the administration team.
• To use different electronic systems, including RiO to help our Triaging Team.
• Stock control and management.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you’ll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell leave
• Generous NHS pension scheme – 20.68% employer contribution
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• Advanced IT enablement
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseries

The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:  

• Good interpersonal, communication, observation and reporting skills
• Multitasking to provide admin support across different areas within our services
• Ability to work effectively in a team, work on own initiative and unsupervised.
• Knowledge and experience of Microsoft – Excel, Word & PowerPoint.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.