Overview
Lancashire Care NHS Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent mental health and substance misuse services. The Trust invests in staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.
Role
Applications are invited for a Band 3 Administrator to provide a comprehensive secretarial administration and information service across the Eating Disorders Team, and coordinate their activities with other members of the administration team to ensure an efficient and confidential service is provided.
The post holder will be aligned to the Eating Disorders Team, covering the West locality, but is required to work flexibly in response to the needs of the networks administrative service providing cover to other departments across the Service as directed by their Administration Line Manager to ensure continuity of service provision.
Requirements
Evidence of good general education is essential together with good communication skills and excellent organisation ability. Knowledge of working with the NHS will be an advantage and computer skills are essential.
The successful candidate will require a mature, flexible approach and the ability to work within a busy team. They will be expected to use their own initiative and work unsupervised to ensure the effective coordination of duties.
Enquiries
Informal enquires should be directed to Elizabeth Horrocks Admin Team Lead Specialist Services on 07797349320.
Team and Service
This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join a community based, specialist Eating Disorder Service and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This team includes psychological therapists, nurses, dietitians, psychiatry and we have a service GP.
You must be able to provide efficient administrative support and have excellent IT, keyboard and data inputting skills. You will also require strong interpersonal skills, be able to demonstrate initiative and the ability to organise your workload effectively.
Working Environment
The work is varied, interesting and demanding and candidates need to be organised, flexible and reliable. We are looking for people who possess the ability to meet the demands of the service, and also to be able to communicate with a wide range of people, including patients and health care professionals.
Organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Flexible working
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working; we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Apply / More information
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Notes
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Oct 2025
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