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- Address
- Trust Headquarters
- 250 Euston Road
- London
- NW1 2PG
- Contact Number
- 0845 1555 000
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Administration Team Leader
Accepting applications until: 18-Jun-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 18-Jun-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- UCLH
- Address
- Queen Square
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- WC1N 3BG
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity leave cover until 22-08-2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Rehabilitation
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Job overview
We’re looking for a proactive and motivated individual to join us as the Band 5 Admin Team Leader for Neurological Rehabilitation at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, part of the Queen Square Division.
This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a fast-paced, patient-facing leadership role, where you’ll oversee a team of administrative coordinators and play a key part in ensuring the smooth running of inpatient and outpatient rehab services.
The role combines team management, service coordination, and operational problem-solving, with responsibilities ranging from clinic oversight and patient pathway validation to managing data for national reporting through the UKROC database. If you're passionate about supporting patient care, driving service improvement, and developing
leadership skills in a dynamic, supportive environment, we’d love to hear from you.
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The main duties of the Band 5 Admin Team Leader (Rehab) include overseeing the day to-day operations of the rehabilitation administrative team, ensuring clinics and patient pathways run smoothly and efficiently.
The post holder will manage and support a team of Administrative Coordinators, handle rota planning, appraisals, recruitment, and training,
and act as a key point of contact for resolving complex queries and operational issues.
They will also coordinate and improve administrative processes, manage data accuracy (including responsibility for the UKROC database), support service performance monitoring, and contribute to service improvement initiatives. The role requires strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills to maintain high standards of
patient experience and operational excellence.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
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University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
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National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
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Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
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University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
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Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
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University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
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The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
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University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
We are a small but complex department, covering many different aspects of infectious diseases and tropical medicine. We operate an outpatient clinic as well as an emergency walk-in service, antibiotic infusion service, and pre-travel clinic.
We have spent many years building a tight-knit, friendly, welcoming, and warm environment to work in. As we are relatively small everybody gets to know each other which creates an open, informal and safe working culture. We believe people should enjoy their work and have fun, as well as working hard to provide a top class service.
We have an ongoing process to improve our staff’s working lives and regularly seek feedback from everyone as how to achieve this.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.
We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.
Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage’s staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.
We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.
We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.
Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor’s contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.
You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.
Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
Person specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree and/or an appropriate professional qualification or equivalent experience
- Expert knowledge of the full range of administrative procedures, acquired through previous experience of working in an administrative environment.
- Knowledge and experience of information systems used for the storage and retrieval of sensitive personal information.
- Awareness of the requirement to maintain confidentiality, and knowledge of the Data Protection Act.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous administrative experience in a large and complex organisation, preferably within the NHS
- Experience of working in a customer facing environment, resolving queries and using initiative to ensure first -class service delivery.
Desirable criteria
- Proven experience in service improvement and development
- Proven experience in effective leadership of staff
- A proven record of success in managing change while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality Experience of working in a non-routine environment, with demonstrable evidence of problem solving and resolving issues as they arise.
- Experience of supervising a team of staff
- Experience of project management and change methodology
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to analyse and interrogate data and performance information, using experience and judgement to make recommendations on actions
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to liaise and negotiate effectively at directorate management team level.
- Proven track record of working under pressure to strict deadlines
- Ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to make decisions in a constantly changing environment (e.g. clinic setting) using judgement to deal with queries or escalate where necessary.
- The ability to both work co - operatively with both clinical and non -clinical staff including other management teams of the Trust and to develop effective working relationships within the directorate
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills with ability to motivate and engage individuals and teams
- Quality focussed with an innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems
- A strong understanding of multi -disciplinary issues and commitment to multi - disciplinary working
- Excellent IT skills
- An understanding and experience of staff and organisational development
- Able to supervise a team of colleagues, providing day to day management and support, including delegating tasks and work allocation.
- Able to induct new staff into the department, providing training to new colleagues
Communication
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate complex or sensitive personal information clearly and sensitively with a wide range of patients, in situations where there may be barriers to understanding (e.g. language difficulties, anxious or distressed patients or relatives).
Personal and People Development
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently, managing own workload and allocating work appropriately to others.
- Able to induct new staff into the department, providing training to new colleagues.
- Able to supervise a team of colleagues, providing day to day management and support, including delegating tasks and work allocation.
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential criteria
- Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties.
Specific Requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexible approach to shift patterns and location, including flexibility regarding working hours (e.g. early mornings, evenings and weekends).
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alana Young
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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