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Senior Administrator Integrated Discharge Service

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNHS Jobs

Preston, PR2 8DYpermanent£28392.00 to £31157.00Closes 17/06/2026
Locations
  • Preston, PR2 8DY
Contract
permanent
Salary
£28392.00 to £31157.00
Posted
14/05/2026
Closes
17/06/2026
NHS reference
5344997

About this role

Job summary

Main duties of the job

In your role, you will provide training, direct line management, and supervision to the IDS administration team. You will be responsible for ensuring strict compliance with Trust policies and procedures at all times.

You will offer guidance and support to the wider team across the Trust, contributing to the smooth operation of the Integrated Discharge Service and helping to ensure safe and timely patient discharges.

As part of your responsibilities, you will ensure that administration assistants receive appropriate training and ongoing development, enabling the team to consistently deliver an excellent service.

Working closely with the IDS Hub administration lead, you will support robust service delivery. This will involve effective communication and the promotion of integrated working across health, social care, and both acute and community services.

You will also play a key role in supporting national reporting, maintaining data integrity, and ensuring that all KPIs are consistently achieved or exceeded.

Using continuous improvement methodology, you will identify and implement appropriate service improvements, contributing to the ongoing enhancement of the service.

About us

Working with us will give you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients and staff. By ensuring we keep thriving and delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet new people . You'll learn about working for an acute Trust, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills and enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold and help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for more information

  • Manage referrals and discharges from the hospital and help assist with the co-ordination of them in line with national and locally agreed standards and guidelines
  • Ensure queries from patients and their families are responded to in a timely and appropriate way

  • To ensure that all discharges are facilitated in accordance with Trust and local policies
  • To escalate any capacity or performance concerns to senior colleagues in a timely manner.
  • To provide training and support to new and ongoing IDS team in various roles.
  • Responsible for completion of various reports and returns in line with policy and procedure ensuring data integrity and professional standards are adhered too

Person specification

Qualification

Essential
  • Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent with Grade C or above in Maths and English.
  • Educated to NVQ 3 level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification, or significant previous proven experience in health or social care setting
Desirable
  • Supervisory or Management qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential
  • Experience of working under pressure and managing a large workload
  • Knowledge of NHS performance reporting/targets
  • Substantial experience working in an administrative role using IT solutions and systems.
  • Experience of ability to liaise and coordinate with internal departments and external organisations
  • Experience of producing high quality reports ensuring collation of all relevant information and actions
Desirable
  • Supervisory /team leader experience
  • Previous NHS experience
  • Working with Electronic patient record systems
  • Experience of team development/management
  • Experience of team development/management

Additional requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Preston Business Centre
Watling Street Road
Preston
PR2 8DY
Working pattern
Full-time
Pay scheme
Agenda for change

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