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Job overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Administrator to work 22.5 hours per week supporting our team at the Saint Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre and will work closely with the Directorate’s Quality Manager to support the Directorate in gaining and maintaining UKAS accreditation across all departments that undertake forensic activity, ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Forensic Science Regulator. 

The successful applicant will be a highly motivated, resourceful individual with experience in providing high quality administrative services to a team of professionals. 

The post holder will deal directly with individual enquiries from clients, Police officers, Forensic Physicians and other professionals, providing information within the terms of SARC confidentiality policies.

You will be part of an experienced multidisciplinary team including forensic physicians, therapists, crisis workers, adult ISVAs, Children and Young Peoples ISVAs who work together to provide high quality responsive services.

You will have the opportunity of being a part of a SARC team with a national and international reputation for first class sexual assault services, innovation and development.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in providing a professional response to all partnership agencies in the provision of services to victims of rape and sexual assault.
• Work closely with the Quality Manager in developing, implementing and maintaining the Quality Management System, and ensuring compliance with the Quality Standards Framework determined by the Forensic Science Regulator
• Support operational staff in the development and implementation of technical standard operating procedures across forensic activity carried out within the Directorate and ensure that they are being adhered to. 
• Control the Quality Management System (QMS) documentation ensuring its distribution to appropriate staff. Provide guidance and direction to staff involved in the production and updating of Quality Management System policies and procedures. Write procedures in support of the overall business goals to ensure accreditation is met and maintained
• Undertake all responsibilities relating to information management, data quality, information sharing, intelligence and information security
• Coordinate appropriate Proficiency Testing (PT) schemes, in order to comply with the quality assurance requirements of UKAS accreditation
• Diary management and the organisation of meetings and  minute taking.
• Booking appointments for Acute Forensic Examinations, Child Clinic and STI Screening.
• Filing documentation and case notes utilising the in-house tracker system.
• To adhere to all SARC and Trust policies.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.