Administrative Assistant
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Location
- Canterbury, CT1 1AZ
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 10 September 2026
- Closing date
- 24 September 2026
Role overview
Are you a dedicated, compassionate Admin Assistant? Do you want the chance to help shape a new and genuinely innovative service for care in Kent and Medway?
You will be providing direct admin support to members of the clinical team. We are an adaptive, cross-functional service.
Whilst being assigned to directly support a department, you will be providing support (as a team) throughout the Directorate. Teamwork is an essential part of this role, good time-keeping and the ability to keep to deadlines and adapt your way of working are vital.
As a support service, we adapt to the needs of the service; we are regularly reviewing ways of working and optimising our internal processes. We need someone who can think on their feet and adapt to day-to-day circumstances as they arise.
If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, come and join our diverse and compassionate team committed to delivering excellent care and support for service users and their loved ones. This role provides direct secretarial and administrative support to our in-patient care, Management, Consultant Psychiatrist, Lead clinicians and the wider team.
The successful candidate will work closely with the teams: Providing up-to-date information to the teams and producing simple report Maintaining patient records Providing Reception support Creation and maintenance of spreadsheets and internal forms within designated timescales Maintaining and updating displays Scheduling clinical meetings Diary and meeting management Generic team mailbox monitoring and maintenance and any other administrative duties requested Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.