Administrative Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role is for an experienced Administrative Assistant to join the Bournemouth Older Persons Community Mental Health Team. You will provide efficient secretarial, administrative, and reception support, liaising with the public and professionals. The position requires managing a busy workload, maintaining patient records, and providing secretarial support including minute-taking. You will be part of a team focused on patient-centred care and continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities
- Provide efficient secretarial, administrative and reception support for the team.
- Liaise with members of the public and a variety of professionals, both in primary and secondary care services.
- Keep RIO, the Trust's patient record system, up to date, following data protection and GDPR legislation.
- Provide secretarial support through completion of clinical correspondence and dictation.
- Manage onward referral management and arrange/attend meetings as a minute taker.
Essential criteria
- Excellent and demonstrable skills in the Microsoft Office suite and use of the Internet
- ECDL or equivalent
- Exceptional demonstrable organisational skills, systematic, and able to manage own time efficiently
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines and prioritise
- Excellent verbal, written and numeracy skills
- Experience of taking and transcribing minutes
- Experience of managing a busy diary with conflicting priorities using Microsoft Office to it's full capacity
- Conscientious attitude to work
- Thorough, with strong attention to detail and ability to work to high standards and within quality frameworks
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications in Typing/Word Processing equivalent to RSA Level III typing/word processing
- Previous NHS experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 11d ago · Closes in 4d
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Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Administrative Assistant
The closing date is 10 September 2026
Job summary
Dorset Healthcare are looking for enthusiastic, flexible and those driven to provide an outstanding service and are looking for an experienced Administrative Assistant to join our administrative team at Bournemouth Older Persons Community Mental Health Team.
You will be fully supported by an experienced Team Leader, be provided with all the training and tools you need to be a success in this role. You will have regular supervision, yearly appraisals and the opportunities to be creative and put your ideas forward, embedding ethos of continuous improvement.
You will need to be flexible to manage the workload of this busy Community Mental Health Team. We adopt and ensure our Trusts values are incorporated in everything we do, by providing a patient centred approach with their recovery and wellbeing at the foremost of our care.
The working pattern is 5 days a week from 08:30 until 17:00 with an hour for lunch.
Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.
Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.
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