Absence Coordinator

Job Title: Absence Coordinator

Location: St Pancras Hospital, NW1 0PE (Hybrid, attending meetings at St Pancras, St Anne's or other locations when required and WFH the other days.)

Hours/ Shift Pattern: Monday- Friday 9am-5pm (37.5 hours a week)

Pay: £16.55 per hour

Trust Location: Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

About the Trust

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) provides high quality, safe and innovative care to our patients in the community, in their homes or in hospital.

We provide services for adults of working age, adults with learning difficulties, and older people in the London area. We currently deliver most of our care to residents in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington. However, we also provide substance misuse services in Westminster, and a substance misuse and psychological therapies service to people living in Kingston.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Perform administrative duties and tasks related to absence management.
• Regularly communicate with managers who have employees who are absent from work, updating the absence trackers with progress or updates on the matter and supporting line managers with queries and process throughout.
• Support managers with return-to-work discussions on the first date of employee's return to work, or as soon as reasonably practicable, to ensure employees are fit to return to work and help manager work through any support/reasonable adjustment required in order to facilitate a successful return to work.
• Ensure manager is confident in the system and process in place for the on-going monitoring of absence.
• Produce attendance reports to the relevant line managers and department head and Senior People Partners on a regular basis for the purpose of continuous monitoring of absence in line with the absence management policies and procedures.
• Agree with line managers and employees on occupational health referral requirement and support with the management of the process

You'll learn the following whilst working at the trust:

1. An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS
2. Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times
3. A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation

You'll have the following skills/experience:

• Proficient in English and Maths (Essential)
• Previous administrative experience (Essential)
• Proficient in Microsoft packages e.g., Word, Excel and PowerPoint (Essential)
• Knowledge of sickness absence management process and the appropriate applications (Essential)
• Experience in managing ER queries and following policies and processes (Essential)
• Experience in managing specific absence management processes in line with appropriate policies (Desired)
• Experience of maintaining attendance management system (Desired)
• CIPD Level 5 qualified (Desired)

This role may require you to show evidence of education to Degree level or at least 2 years relevant experience.

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
• Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
• Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your "My Bank" shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
• Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
• Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.