Senior Team administrator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a proactive and versatile Senior Team Administrator to join the Community Mental Health Team in Borehamwood. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive administrative support, including medical secretarial duties, safeguarding administration, and note-taking. It requires a flexible approach to adapt to varying service needs and a minimum of two years' secretarial/administrative experience. The role involves working across different areas of the service and contributing to the Trust's values.
Essential criteria
- A good standard of education to secondary level
- Advanced IT skills
- At least 2 years experience of working in an office environment
Desirable criteria
- NVQ3/RSA3 OR equivalent experience
- AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
- Microsoft Office/Word/Excel/Outlook Packages
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- To be proficient in diary management.
- To record and transcribe notes, either by hand or on a laptop in meetings
- Maintain a filing system, both paper and computerised systems
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Ability to communicate with a range of people, whilst taking into account the confidential nature of the post
- ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- To make judgements, without direct supervision, as to the importance/urgency of workload issues
- KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
- A good standard of education to secondary level
- Advanced IT skills
- At least 2 years experience of working in an office environment
- NVQ3/RSA3 OR equivalent experience
- AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
- Microsoft Office/Word/Excel/Outlook Packages
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- To be proficient in diary management.
- To record and transcribe notes, either by hand or on a laptop in meetings
- Maintain a filing system, both paper and computerised systems
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Ability to communicate with a range of people, whilst taking into account the confidential nature of the post
- ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- To make judgements, without direct supervision, as to the importance/urgency of workload issues
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £27,857 – £30,570 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Team administrator
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
We are seeking a proactive and versatile Senior Team Administrator to join our Community Mental Health Team, based at the Civic Offices in Borehamwood. The successful candidate will provide administrative support across a range of functions, including medical secretarial support, safeguarding administration, note-taking and other key administrative duties. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a flexible approach who enjoys working across different areas of the service and can adapt to the changing needs of a busy team. All applicants must have minimum 2 years secretarial/administrative experience and contribute to the values of HPFT - WELCOMING, KIND, CARING, RESPECTFUL and PROFESSIONAL.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have experience and skill in these key areas:
- Full secretarial service to the Clinical team, including administrative support to the Safeguarding team and Consultant Psychiatrists
- Excellent record keeping, note taking in the form of professionals/business/Safeguarding/Team meetings (shorthand is not required).
- Excellent typing/document editing skills.
- Paris electronic patient records database (full training will be given)
- Microsoft Office package
- Ability to work
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