Administration Assistant supporting staffing and governance Full Time

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute hospital trusts in the country. We provide a full range of services to more than 675,000 people across Portsmouth, South East Hampshire and West Sussex. Most services are provided at Queen Alexandra Hospital but we also offer a range of outpatient and diagnostic facilities closer to patients’ homes. We handle around 142,000 Emergency Department admissions a year and have the busiest maternity department on the South Coast. The Trust employs around 6,480 staff and is the largest employer in Portsmouth.

The Trust’s vision is to be the best hospital, provide the best care by employing the best people and to ensure our patients are the centre of all that we do. If you share the same values as Portsmouth Hospitals; Respect & Dignity, Quality of Care, Working Together and Efficiency we want you to work for us

We are looking for an experienced Admin person who can provide support to senior ward sisters in the requesting and approval of NHSP shifts for nursing ensuring that correct staffing numbers reported in NQB monthly reportable staffing report. Overview of ordering by wards to ensure effective and efficient use of budgets by reducing risk of over-ordering thus overspending. PAS and Computer experience an advantage but training can be given.

Provide support to Lead Nurse for Government to ensure timely meeting arranged of reportable incidents and monitoring of action plan updates and compliance.

The closing date for this post: 31st August 2017

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