Dietetics Team Secretary/Administrator

Do you have excellent administrative skills? Would you like to work with and support a dynamic clinical team and provide excellent customer care to clients accessing our Nutrition & Dietetic Services?You will work closely with and support a part time administrator and liaise regularly with our dietetic support workers.Your job will include a variety of tasks, including registering patients, booking clinic appointments for a number of dietetic clinics, typing letters, managing the main telephone and email, handling and distributing referrals into the team, liaising with other departments and supporting all the teams within the department when necessary. You will also support the Head of Service and Team Leads by processing staff sickness and annual leave records as well as bank staff administration.We are moving to a new electronic patient record in 2026, so an ability to embrace new technology and electronic systems is a required attribute.To work closely with all members of the nutrition and dietetics team, and other employees of the Trust, providing efficient and high quality administrative support. To liaise and communicate with patients, carers, healthcare workers and other external agencies, demonstrating courtesy and respect at all times.Why Work With UsTorbay Hospital provides acute care for the local community and has several community hospitals, and is a hot-spot for those who are considering living by the sea or within half an hour of Dartmoor National Park and an hour to Exmoor National Park. Meanwhile, Plymouth and Exeter are also both within a short drive to enjoy the culture, maritime history and shopping experiences.The wider Dietetic Team of 40 people (over 26wte Registered staff) covers services to Acute, Community, Paediatric, Diabetes, Weight Management and Cancer Services.The team is flexible and promotes a healthy work/home life balance. Therefore, your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay.Listed are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:NHS Pension SchemeChildcare at our day nurseryGenerous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidaysStaff DiscountsCareer development and training opportunitiesEmployee Support - Staff have access to a 24-hour helplineOur people are caring, committed, inclusive and focussed on quality. We focus on solutions and people's strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement.If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real assed to Team Torbay and South Devon.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Liz Wardle Job title: Head of Nutrition & Dietetic Services Email address: elizabeth.wardle@nhs.net Telephone number: 01803 654723