Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Ipswich East & West Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) on a full time permanent basis at 37.5 hours per week. We are looking for an experienced administrator who is passionate, committed, innovative, enthusiastic, and highly motivated to delivering high quality work.

The Ipswich East & west INT’s are based at Constantine House, providing an opportunity to work within a knowledgeable and experienced team. The team consists of district & community nurses, assistant practitioners, generic workers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and social care workers. The teams are led by a clinical & operational leads and overall managed by 2 INT managers.

Candidates should be flexible, motivated, and willing to work within a changing environment. We will provide support through in-service training and professional forums, mandatory training, 1:1 and personal development meetings. The ideal candidate would have experience in using Integra, supplychain, Excel and HealthRoster. We are committed to patient centred care in the right place, at the right time and provide a comprehensive supervision and training programme with career progression opportunities.

The service has a high profile within the Trust and thrives on innovation and challenge. It has taken a lead role in many developments, which are helping to shape the future of patient pathways within the local area.

Main duties of the job

• Supply chain oversite for both integrated teams (tasks include: placing weekly orders, putting deliveries away, maintenance of stock cupboard, stock rotation etc).
• Consistent provision of comprehensive and efficient secretarial/ administrative support.
• To use your own initiative, managing, prioritising, planning and organising own time using extensive knowledge, skills and experience.
• To be a ‘Team Player’ working in a way that encourages high performance from other staff, with the aim of maintaining optimum efficiency within the department.  To support other team members to deliver an efficient administrative/secretarial service.
• To utilise the required technology/hospital systems / new technology or system (s) and support other team members to do so to deliver an efficient administrative/secretarial service.

Working for our organisation

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients. To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you. 

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A