Senior Admin Team Lead

We have a rewarding opportunity for Senior Admin Team Lead in the Children's Autism Assessment Service.

The Children's Autism Assessment team provides a service to children and young people and their families for diagnostic assessment of possible Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

Our approach is family centred, with the voice of the child and young person featuring strongly throughout everything we do. We believe in working in partnership with colleagues to achieve the best outcome for every child.

Main duties of the job

You will have overall responsibility for the provision of an efficient and effective administrative service for the Children's Autism Assessment Service.

You will be responsible for the supervision of the administrative teams within the Children's Autism Diagnostic Assessment Service, providing administrative cover as and when necessary within the Department.

You will exercise initiative, independent judgement and decision making arising from situations within this role. The post-holder is required to liaise with other departments, GPs, Social Services, Education and the general public.

You will work jointly with the ASD Admin Manager to ensure the timely management of waiting lists and clinical records management.

About us

We are Sirona Care & Health – England's largest provider of Adult and Children's Community Services. We'd welcome you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants, if you require a visa to work in the UK please disclose your expiry date in your application.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE standard or an equivalent
• Safeguarding Children Training at Level 2
• NVQ Level 3/QCF in administration or equivalent level of knowledge and experience

Experience Skills & Knowledge

• Experience of supervising a team
• Experience in prioritising tasks from a number of people
• Experience in communicating clearly both verbally and in writing
• Experience using Microsoft Office systems with good keyboard skills
• An understanding of data protection, patient confidentiality and freedom of information
• An understanding of patient administration and other related systems
• Experience of patient booking and waiting list management
• Experience of working in an NHS organisation or similar
• Experience of prioritising work in a busy, multi-professional team environment
• Experience of communicating with patients/clients where there may be barriers of acceptance or understanding

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Operational Lead, Children’s ASD Service

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