Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· To provide efficient and comprehensive administrative support to the Peterborough and Stamford’s Specialist Palliative Care Community and Hospital Teams.

· To provide efficient and comprehensive administrative support to the Clinical Psychologist working with the Specialist Palliative Care Team.

· To perform all allocated clerical tasks required to meet the needs of the service.

The post holder will:-

· Be responsible for ensuring that all duties are carried out in accordance with the correct procedures and policies.

· Support the Lead Palliative and End of Life Nurse and the specialist team in developing the service and maintaining all its standards in line with NICE measures.

· Support workloads within the speciality.

· Maintain up to date records as requested by individual team members with regard to patient information.

· Actively take part in team meetings; including agenda setting, minute taking, room booking and ensuring meetings are attended by relevant staff by organising dates well in advance and communicating to all appropriate staff.

· Prepare documentation ready for the specialist palliative MDT weekly and facilitate these meetings.

· Deal sensitively and effectively with telephone enquiries from patients, relatives and colleagues.

· Ensure that data collection complies with the Caldicott and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR).

· To undergo training as necessary to meet the needs of new developments within the specialist service.

· Managing individual workload in order to meet project deadlines assigned to the post holder.

· Adaptable to change management.

· Excellent team player with good communication skills.

· Enthusiastic, motivated, ability to prioritise and work independently.

· To support the Administrative Team Leader for the Specialist Nursing Team