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Healthy Child Programme 5-19 Team Administrator

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Lancing, BN158UWView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

8 October 2026

9 days left

Job description

A vacancy has arisen for an Administrator with good communication skills and excellent organisational/clerical abilities to work with the Healthy Chil...

You will need to work independently and collaboratively with the Team Lead, clinical staff, and the other administrator within the team. The post requires a flexible approach as it involves working with different disciplines within the HCP. The ability to work to deadlines, under pressure and without supervision is essential.

The following skills are essential to the role: experience with databases such as excel and able to quickly learn the Trusts health record keeping System (SystmOne), competency with Microsoft Office systems and word processing, excellent telephone manner and communication skills, and maintenance of strict confidentiality. The successful candidate will liaise with a range of professionals, manage waiting lists, book appointments, book venues, maintain stock control of resources, maintain and create databases and spreadsheets, and importantly, maintain a positive attitude, embodying the values of the organisation.

To provide a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to a HCP team including communicating with the public, dealing efficiently with correspondence, typing meeting notes and preparing reports from draft, booking client appointments andregular inputting of client details onto the record keeping database.

Please see the attached JD and PS for further details.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2025 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of secondary education to GSCE level or equivalent with minimum grade C/level 4 for English and Maths
  • RSA 2 or equivalent knowledge gained through relevant experience

Desirable: - Computer related certificate or equivalent i.e. EDLC

Experience

Essential

  • Previous administrative experience
  • Experience of typing and producing business documents - e.g. letters and reports
  • Experience of data inputting, databases
  • Experience of stock control and of ordering supplies/equipment
  • Experience of working with/dealing with the public
  • Experience of organising diaries and planning Meeting

Desirable

  • Experience of use of electronic record systems ie RIO/SystmOne
  • Experience of working in a health setting
  • Experience of using virtual contact platforms such as MS Teams or Zoom

Skills

Essential: - Proficient using Outlook and email systems; - Proficient using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; - Good written and verbal communication skills

Desirable: - Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

29 September 2026

Last checked

29 September 2026

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About the employer

SCN
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

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