Senior Administrator - Children’s Community Nursing & Complex Care

Job summary

We're looking for a motivated and professional Administrator to support our CYPS Children's Specialist Nursing Services for 30 hours per week. We are based in Cheltenham.

You'll be part of a friendly, professional and dedicated team. You will provide comprehensive administrative support across the CYPS Children's Specialist Nursing Services.

The role includes:

• Coordination of appointments and meetings (SystmOne)
• Acting as a key contact for staff, families and partner organisations (GP Surgeries, educational settings and hospitals)
• Handling confidential and sensitive information
• Procurement of clinical equipment and stock
• Accessing and updating electronic patient records

If you're competent and confident in your IT Skills (Microsoft Word/Excel/Outlook) and organised, proactive, confident and committed to delivering an excellent service, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• To provide effective administrative support
• To develop a thorough understanding of the service and processes
• Efficiently use System 1 and other databases to record and track the patient's treatment pathway including, clinic appointments and outcomes.
• Efficiently use appropriate systems to collect, collate and report data and information in an accurate format (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Responds to all colleagues in a positive, professional and helpful manner. Takes the 'wider view' at all times and builds good working relationships.
• Communicate effectively with a wide range of people including colleagues and members of the public, ensuring at all times that a professional approach is presented.
• To use own initiative in prioritising workload to ensure deadlines are met. When appropriate, to propose changes to working practices to maximise efficient/effectiveness of role.
• To adopt a flexible and supportive role within the administration team by assisting with workload in the absence of colleagues to maintain a robust and quality service.
• Carrying out general administrative tasks for the department to agreed standards and timescales, e.g. photocopying, sending out correspondence and documents, etc.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

06 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year Per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-25-1038-A

Job locations

Springbank Resource Centre

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG

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