Job Description

Job Overview

Administration Assistant

Band 2

20 hours 9:00am to 1:00pm, Monday - Friday

We are looking to appointment a part time Administration Assistant to join our friendly administration team based at Prince Philip House, Leicester, LE1 2NZ. This will be a

fixed term post

for a period of

12 months

due to future plans / restructuring within the department.



The team provides full clerical support to the Adult Speech and Language Therapists working across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The role involves acting as the main point of contact for the Speech and Language Therapy Service and providing an effective, efficient and professional telephone booking facility and helpline for the Service.


To succeed in this role, you must possess excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), have a friendly, sensitive telephone manner, be approachable and team focused. Excellent keyboard skills, recent experience of data entry and ability to prioritise to meet deadlines are essential requirements of this varied and interesting post.


Previous experience of working within a healthcare setting would be desirable.


For further information please contact - Nila Mesvania, Administration Manager, lpt.adultspeech@nhs.net 0116 2954692

Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

Effective and efficient telephone service (e.g. taking / passing on messages, booking appointments) Registering referrals Managing incoming / outgoing post To be first point of contact for the service for patients, carers, other professionals Entering and collecting data from electronic systems

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us


Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.


We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.


Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.


We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.


For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).


All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.


For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.


Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.