Team Administrator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a motivated Team Administrator to provide full administrative and secretarial support, including extensive note-taking, for the Safeguarding team within the Adult Community Mental Health Team in Watford. The successful candidate will manage a busy workload, prioritise tasks, and maintain excellent record-keeping and IT skills. It involves supporting clinical teams, consultants, and handling administrative duties with service user contact.
Essential criteria
- A good standard of education to secondary level
- Advanced IT skills
- 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 computerised filing system
- 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
- 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 computerised filing system
- 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: £29,812 – £32,715 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Team Administrator
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a motivated individual to provide a full Team Administrative service, including a high degree of note taking for the Safeguarding team within the Adult Community Mental Health Team, based at Colne House, Watford
All applicants must have secretarial/administrative experience and contribute to the values of HPFT - WELCOMING, KIND, CARING, RESPECTFUL and PROFESSIONAL.
Whilst we welcome all applications from all suitable candidates, unfortunately, we will not be offering sponsorship for this role.
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, First Contact 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 under pressure and multitask meeting notes with other secretarial duties.
- To be able to work independently, using own initiative and undertake non-routine duties without d
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