Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term: 12 months)
- Hours
- Part time - 25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-SPS1538-MF-A
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Parlick Centre
- Town
- Preston
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
MVV Team Project Administrator
Band 4
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
Expression of Interest – Internal LSCFT Applicants only.
Temporary 12months maternity leave cover – 25 hours per week
An opportunity has arisen for an administrator/project officer to work within the MAPPA, Victims and Veterans (MVV) Team based in Lancashire and South Cumbria 25 hours per week over 3–4 days (Monday – Wednesday/Thursday). This post is to provide 12 months’ maternity leave cover for the current administrator/project officer, which is due to commence in December 2025.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work flexibly including LSCFT bases and home-working. There is designated desk space at the Parlick Centre, within Specialist Services.
The MAPPA, Victims and Veterans (MVV) Team consists of an integrated MDT of psychologically minded practitioners who cover three distinct areas of practice linked through a trauma informed model of practice.
For further information please contact:
Emily Turley, MVV Administrator/Project Officer: [email protected]
Alison Commissiong, Service Manager: [email protected]
Team email address: [email protected]
Telephone: 01772 401038
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ / Diploma Level 4 in Customer Care or Business and Admin / ILM level 3 or equivalent demonstrable experience in the above.
- Demonstrable commitment to continuous personal development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable commitment to continuous personal development
- Skilled in the establishment and maintenance of service or project databases.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of conducting project/service development work and/or implementing the findings from evaluation through the production of communications and training materials.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Commissiong
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01772 401038
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