Business Assistant - Memory Service

As a Business Assistant you will be the first point of contact for patients, carers and other professionals via telephone enquiries or face to face. You will be working proactively as part of the wider administrative and clinical team including other services within the directorate of Mental Health.

You will be processing referrals, data inputting, and other relevant duties that support the wider clinical team.

Good written and verbal communication skills

The ability to liaise with service users in a calm and compassionate manner.

The ability to work positively and proactively as part of the wider administrative and clinical teams.

The ability to be highly organised with good planning skills.

You will need the right to work in the UK as we do not offer sponsorship for this role

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We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Qualifications

Experience