Band 4 Administrator / Co-ordinator - Therapies

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Administrator / Co-Ordinator to join Therapy services based in the Nutrition & Dietetics Department at Heartlands Hospital.

This is a part time post (22.5 hours per week). These hours can be worked across three, four or five days, Monday to Friday, but a set working pattern is preferred.

We are looking for someone with excellent organisational skills to support staff within the department and the wider Therapies directorate.

Do you have experience of procurement, organising meetings, have great time management skills and consider yourself to be a problem solver? You could be just who we are looking for.

Main duties of the job

The main duty of this role is to provide a comprehensive administrative service to the Therapies directorate. The post holder will be the first point of call for visitors to the department. They will be responsible for procurement for various therapy teams, co-ordinate meetings for therapies management and welcome meetings for new staff members. They will be involved in the recruitment process within dietetics and the regular checking of professional registrations.

They will have some line management responsibility for junior administrative staff within the team.

There will be a lot of variety and autonomous working within the role and the post holder will need to build strong links with other departments in the Trust, including charities, finance and procurement.

Oceano and waiting list management skills are desired; however, full training will be provided.

Job responsibilities

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.