Village Care Home Administrator

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Job Description:

Job Title: Care Home Administrator Location: Richmond Villages, Richmond Drive, Off Maple Drive, DE72 2EA Salary range: £12.40ph & Excellent Benefits Contract: Permanent - 24hrs Shift Pattern: Working days between Monday to Friday predominantly 8am to 4pm.

"Rated Good overall and Outstanding in Caring - join a team where staff feel valued, supported, and truly #LoveWorkingHere."

We make health happen Here at Bupa, we support those when they need it the most. Richmond Villages are our retirement village provider. They deliver person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. . This also includes access to our online portal which has a variety of resources to aid personal development & free access LinkedIn's online learning platform.You'll help us make health happen by:

• Maintaining DoLs applications - tracking progress and chasing applications as required.
• Entering incidents, accidents, complaints and compliments on the Datix system.
• Ordering relevant supplies, maintaining an accurate inventory of all medical equipment and ensuring adequate stock levels at all times, including stationary, paperwork forms and all relevant documentation.
• Updating and maintaining all relevant systems and electronic files, including the rota for payroll and agency staff hours.
• Following Head of Care or Village Manager approval, you'll process the booking of agency workers, ensuring accurate information on all workers is obtained.
• Supporting with funding applications and care home enquiries, ensuring the relevant systems are updated accordingly.
• Assisting with telephone handling, including taking enquiries from residents, staff and visitors, acting as a receptionist to the Care Home as required.
• Supporting residents with external medical/health appointments, ensuring transport is booked where required.
• Dealing with residents' post, ensuring the correct authorisation is obtained.

Because we care for vulnerable people, we'll need you to complete a DBS check as part of the recruitment process. Bupa will cover the cost of this (£40).Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role: You hold a minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at Grade C or above (including English and Maths) and a Level 3 NVQ in Business Administration and experience of working within a care home environment would be advantageous. With previous experience in an office environment, you're confident using Microsoft Office, specifically Word and Excel. Friendly and professional, both face to face and over the phone, you're organised and able to work well within a team. With a dedicated and efficient work ethic, you thrive in a busy environment and are able to handle a varied workload. Benefits Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing.

My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support - all available from one phone number 24/7.

Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350

We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences

Free meal with every shift

Paid Breaks

Holidays - 20 days + Bank Holidays

Long Service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!

Interest- free annual travel Loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.

Wagestream - Have early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.

We offer a range of Bupa pension plans - Find out more on our career site

Parental Leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents - Find out more on our career site

Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health.

Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa? We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. . That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Part time

Job Area:

Care Home - Facilities & Home Support

Locations:

Richmond Aston Village