AO Administration Officer

UK Ministry of Defence

29d ago

Job
Full-time
Entry, Junior, Mid & Senior Level
Government & Politics
People, HR & Administration

AI generated summary

You need excellent communication and organizational skills, be a team player, support healthcare delivery, maintain safety standards, and ensure tidy reception areas.
You will secure premises, ensure Health and Safety compliance, maintain clean reception areas, manage medical records, and provide administrative support to staff.

Requirements

Do you have excellent communication and organisational skills?
Are you a team worker with the ability to use your own initiative?
The vacant post is a part-time position working 17 hours per week.
The successful post holder will support Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) in delivery of a safe and effective primary healthcare service within the firm base at the regional level to enhance and sustain the operational effectiveness.
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.
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.
Providing administrative assistance to Practice staff as required, including word/data processing, filing, photocopying and scanning.
Ensure the timely completion of all typing/word processing tasks allocated to the team.
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
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Responsibilities

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
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
Providing administrative assistance to Practice staff as required, including word/data processing, filing, photocopying and scanning. Ensure the timely completion of all typing/word processing tasks allocated to the team

FAQs

What are the working hours for the AO Administration Officer position?

The position is part-time, working 17 hours per week.

Where is the job located?

The job is located at PCRF Sandhurst, RMAS, Haig Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 4PG.

What qualifications are required for this position?

The job description does not specify particular qualifications, but applicants should demonstrate relevant skills, knowledge, and experience in their application.

Will I need to undergo a background check?

Yes, successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check and meet security requirements.

Are there opportunities for professional development?

Yes, the role offers tailored learning and development opportunities.

What benefits are included with the salary?

The benefits include a Civil Service pension with a substantial employer contribution, 25 days of holiday (increasing to 30 days after five years), flexible working options, and onsite parking.

Is this position open to applicants from outside the UK?

No, this role does not offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa and is only open to UK nationals, Irish nationals, Commonwealth nationals with the right to work in the UK, and some EU nationals with settled status.

What is the salary for this position?

The salary for the AO Administration Officer position is £26,770, which will be pro-rata for part-time work.

How will my application be assessed?

Applications will be assessed based on your Behaviours and Experience, with a focus on real-life examples that relate to the specified behaviours during the selection process.

Can I request flexible working arrangements?

Yes, requests for flexible and part-time working will be considered based on business needs.

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Mission & Purpose

We protect the security, independence and interests of the United Kingdom at home and abroad. We work with our allies and partners whenever possible. Our aim is to ensure that the UK’s Armed Forces have the training, equipment and support necessary for their work, and that we keep within budget. Our priorities 2015 to 2020 are to: protect our people project our global influence promote our prosperity maintain a strategic base and integrated global support network, and manage the Department of State