AO Administrative Officer

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• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Hospital Hill, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1AY

About the job

Job summary

Do you have excellent communication and organisational skills? Are you a team worker with the ability to use your own initiative? If the answer is yes, then we are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated AO Administrative Officer to join our encouraging and welcoming team of dedicated military and civilian healthcare professionals and administrative staff working at Hospital Hill, Aldershot, Hampshire.

The vacant post is a full-time position working 37 hours per week. Part-time candidates will be considered but due to service delivery requirements it must be on a job share basis as full-time hours need to be covered.

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Strategic Command is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way the Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts within Strategic Command Headquarters and in time the wider organisation, are/will be subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities. Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions. 

Job description

The successful post holder will work as a member of the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) team, which provides comprehensive, efficient and effective service in accordance with Ministry of Defence and Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) policies and procedures. The Aldershot Combined Medical Practice is across two sites at Aldershot and Minley. The post holder would work primarily at Aldershot but may be required to support the MTF at Minley.

Person specification

The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to: 

• Opening up/locking of Practice premises and maintaining security in accordance with Practice protocols. Maintaining Health and Safety and Environmental protection standards and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH). Ensuring colleagues and visitors to the Practice comply with Practice Health and Safety policy. Reporting all accidents, injuries and dangerous occurrences promptly to line management.
• Ensuring that the reception areas are never left unmanned during normal working hours and that patient and reception waiting areas are always clean and tidy. Ensuring patient information booklets are available and current. Ensuring that information boards are current.
• Overseeing the running of clinics, maintaining and monitoring the Practice appointments system. Preparing documentation for all clinics, checking documents after clinics and taking appropriate action and filing away documents promptly.
• Ensuring that all medical documentation/records are up-to-date, accurate and neat. Managing the implementation of systems for the successful performance of medico-legal requirements, medical ethics and patient confidentiality.

For further details, please see the attached Terms of Reference

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £26,235, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,600 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• 25 days holiday a year, growing one day a year to 30 days after five years
• On Site Parking

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Laura Shaw
• Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]

Further information

Please see further information document

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