Job overview

To be responsible for providing a comprehensive Administrative support service to a Community Service Team within the Integrated Community Services Care Group. Specifically, this role is working with the Integrated Community Stroke Team (ICST) and Speech and Language Therapy Team based in Furness.

The teams are made up of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners and more. You will be supervised by the Team Lead from Furness ICST and you will have support from the Team Administrator based at RLI. 

This role involves telephone contact with staff and patients, utilising a variety of IT packages, note/file preparation, inputting patient data, attending meetings, taking minutes, preparing spreadsheets and audit information under guidance of the team lead/s, archiving patient notes, referrals management, photocopying, ordering, scanning, designing and preparing templates and information leaflets, as needed. 

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job are varied. Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a more detailed break down.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre. 

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. 

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. 

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay. 

Our Community Service for adults are provided in people's homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent , improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care , advice and support.