Administration Assistant
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Runcorn, WA7 2DA
Salary
£25,272
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 September 2026
6 days left
Job description
We are seeking to recruit a part-time Administrative Assistant for Halton Later Life and Memory Service, Brooker Centre, Halton Hospital, Runcorn. Thi...
To provide an efficient and effective clerical service to the multi-disciplinary team.
The role will include providing administrative support to the team and will include, supporting reception areas, answering telephone calls into the Service, photocopying, scanning, uploaded referrals and making appointments.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work as member of a team
- Ability to operate and maintain filing systems both manual and electronic
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
- Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Knowledge of office procedures
- Familiar with Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS or related healthcare experience
- Experience of dealing with members of the public
- Knowledge of PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook
- Awareness of Recovery Model
- Awareness of children/vulnerable adults guidelines
- Audio Typing experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Typing/WP RSAII or equivalent or demonstrable experience
Desirable
- ECDL/ICT
- NVQ2 Business Administration GCSE English grade A-C or equivalent
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
28 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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