Skip to main content
Please wait, loading

Job summary

Main area
Maternity
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (n/a)
Job ref
284-26-7875761-DWAB
Employer
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Birmingham Women's Hospital
Town
Birmingham
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Post Natal In-patient Administrator

NHS AfC: Band 3

Flexible working:

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.  

Job overview

An opportunity as arisen for an experienced administrator to work within Maternity.  The post holder will provide support for the Post Natal team at Birmingham Women's Hospital as the Post Natal Inpatient Administrator.

Main duties of the job

As an integral part of the Postnatal team, your role assists in providing a comprehensive, effective secretarial and administrative service for Wards 1, 3 and 4.

You will support the Matron and Ward Sisters with a range of administrative duties such as preparing correspondence, updating ERostering, photocopying, scanning of documents and registers, maintaining databases, and dealing with enquiries.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. 

Parkview Clinic is a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Mental Health (CAMHS) facility in Moseley, for young people aged 11-18 years who require admission due to significant psychiatric difficulties.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • IT qualification which demonstrates an ability an an experienced level in the use of Microsoft Packages
  • Level 3 GSCE or above in English & Maths (or equivalent)

Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Adaptable, flexible, reliable.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a range of people
  • Organised, professional, punctual

Knowledge & Nature of Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience as working as part of a team
  • Previous experience of working in administration.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a Health Care

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience of inputting data with accuracy

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderCare quality commission - GoodStonewall Silver 2022Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantNHS Pastoral CareThe Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (enei) is the UK's leading employer network covering all aspects of equality and inclusion issues in the workplace.Disability confident committedInvesting in VolunteersHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingOnvero Tide Gold Standard

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tracey Cox
Job title
Operational Manager for Maternity & Neonates
Email address
[email protected]
Apply online nowAlert me to similar vacancies