Senior Administrative Assistant | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health Volunteers play an integral role in providing quality support to our patients across the Trust and our volunteers add so much value to the experience of patients and visitors.

We are looking for an innovative and competent administrator who would like to be part of the team and help us to really build the programme to maximise the value and impact that volunteers can make to Barts Health.

The successful candidate will be a motivated and proficient administrator who can provide comprehensive support to the thriving Barts Health Volunteer Programme.

The job includes: insuring that volunteers are processed and on-boarded efficiently, overseeing and managing the software package, correspondence, inboxes and organising functions including meetings.

You will need to be flexible and be able to travel to different hospital sites as well as demonstrate good people skills including experience of working with and supporting volunteers, combined with good communication, organisational skills, innovation and the ability to multi-task.

Barts Health Volunteer service is an innovative and exciting volunteer service supporting the many functions of the hospital by involving volunteers from the community to support a plethora of services across the hospitals.

Volunteers play an instrumental role in improving the experience of patients, staff and visitors and there are currently over a 1,000 active volunteers. However we are committed to continually growing and improving voluntary services and looking for a motivated individual to join the team and help us to deliver the service., Each day is different and varied and you will have the opportunity to hone your administration skills and experience whilst supporting this well-respected service.

You will need to have some experience of working with volunteers or in a people-facing capacity and knowledge of using databases and software to an intermediate level.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which ourWeCarevalues and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by ourWeCarevalues and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.