INTERNAL ONLY - This post is open to Berkshire Healthcare NHS Employees Only
You will be part of a team of Booking Administrators in the Berkshire Healthcare NHS Talking Therapies Administration Team. Previous knowledge and experience of working in a busy office and/or customer care environment is essential.
You will have excellent telephone and communication skills to ensure communication with all stakeholders, referrers, callers and clients is of the highest standard.
The role will be based both at home and in the office at London House in Bracknell. Travelling to other sites may be required.
We’re open 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, and our team’s working hours are split across three shift patterns: 8am – 4pm, 10am – 6pm and 12pm – 8pm
• The focus of this role is to be the first point of contact for all clients of Talking Therapies, providing an excellent customer service to all. This will entail dealing with day to day queries and resolving team and client queries as and when they arise.
• To support clinicians so that an efficient and robust administrative service is provided to the Talking Therapies clinical team. This will include liaising with the clinical team as and when required and ensuring that all are queries and tasks are resolved in a timely manner.
• To ensure accurate and timely data inputting of client information so that data standards are met
• To work efficiently as part of a team and independently so that all admin targets are followed and met.
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.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values 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
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
1. Previous knowledge and experience of working in and supervising staff in a busy office and/or customer care environment is essential.
2. Strong organisational and planning skills with the ability to reprioritise own work and that of others to ensure tasks are delivered on time
3. Able to work flexibly on a shift pattern as required and the ability to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position
4. Ability to work effectively in a team, demonstrates accountability of own work and working on own initiative. Able to work unsupervised and manage own workload.
5. Ability to be caring and to be able to handle sensitive information and speak to people potentially in distress.
Talking Therapies Berkshire is one of the country’s most well-established and highest performing NHS IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) services. We have grown year on year since we opened in 2008 and now employ over 300 staff and treat over 22,000 people per year.
You will be part of a driven, high-quality service, which also prioritises flexible working and work-life balance.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call:Kate Blagraveon 0300 365 2000 or email: kate.blagrave@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
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.
This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024
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