Team Administrator - Liaison Psychiatry Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic, organised, and highly motivated Team Administrator to join the Mental Health Liaison Psychiatry (East) service at Queen's Hospital. The administrator will coordinate patient flow, process referrals, and support clinicians in delivering specialist mental health care across multiple hospital sites. It involves managing administrative processes, maintaining patient records, and handling incoming queries, requiring autonomy and flexibility within a busy multidisciplinary team.
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 in Business Admin, finance, customer care or relevant experience
- Possesses a recognised typing qualification (RSA II typing or equivalent) or can display word processing skills to an equivalent level of competence
- Previous secretarial / administrative experience
- A good understanding of office procedures
- Working as part of a team
- Manage and prioritise own workload
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of using RiO or a patient clinical system.
- Skills & Knowledge
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent typing skills and ability to transcribe from audio with precision and speed
- Work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Proficient in the use of Office Package (i.e. Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.)
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Qualifications & Training
- NVQ 3 in Business Admin, finance, customer care or relevant experience
- Possesses a recognised typing qualification (RSA II typing or equivalent) or can display word processing skills to an equivalent level of competence
- Previous secretarial / administrative experience
- A good understanding of office procedures
- Working as part of a team
- Manage and prioritise own workload
- Previous experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of using RiO or a patient clinical system.
- Skills & Knowledge
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent typing skills and ability to transcribe from audio with precision and speed
- Work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Proficient in the use of Office Package (i.e. Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.)
- Knowledge of medical terminology
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.
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Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Team Administrator - Liaison Psychiatry Team
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pmBase: Queen's Hospital, Burton-upon-Trent.
Join Our Team
If you're at your best when things are busy, changeable and occasionally chaotic, we would like to hear from you! Organisation matters - and in this role, it really matters. Are you the person people rely on to bring order to a busy day? Are you looking for a new change? If so this could be the ideal role.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised and highly motivated Team Administrator to become a key member of our Mental Health Liaison Psychiatry (East) service, based at Queen's Hospital, Burton upon Trent.
This role would be ideal for an Administrator who enjoys bringing structure, anticipating needs, handling calls and acting as a calm organised presence within a busy service. This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to play a pivotal role within a busy and dynamic multidisciplinary team, supporting the delivery of specialist mental health care across three hospital sites, including one acute hospital and two community hospitals.
As the first point of contact for many referrals into the service, you will be central to coordinating patient flow, ensuring referrals are processed efficiently and
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