Brokerage Placement Assistant

Job Title: Brokerage Placement Assistant

Location: choice of three locations Priory House, Bedfordshire; Gemini House, Cambridgeshire or The Forum, Hemel Hempstead

Hours: full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday Friday, 9 00

Pay and duration: £15.25 per hour, we expect this placement to last 3 months with possible extension

We are looking for a confident, organised and proactive Brokerage Placement Assistant to join our team on a temporary placement, supporting the coordination and administration of care placements.

This is a varied role where you ll work with a wide range of stakeholders, helping to ensure that individuals receive the appropriate care and support while also assisting with the financial and administrative processes behind each placement.

What you ll be responsible for:

• Communicating professionally with a wide range of stakeholders, including care providers, hospitals, medical professionals, patients and their families.
• Supporting the identification and coordination of suitable care placements.
• Assisting with cost negotiations with care providers.
• Managing and maintaining accurate funding administration and associated records.
• Handling sensitive and sometimes complex conversations with confidence and professionalism.
• Communicating assertively and effectively, while maintaining positive working relationships.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to help achieve positive outcomes for individuals.

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:

Assertive and professional, with the ability to have clear and sometimes challenging conversations.

Organised, methodical and able to manage competing priorities.

Comfortable working with financial information and administrative processes.

Able to build positive relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

Compassionate and professional when dealing with patients and their families.

Proactive, reliable and able to work effectively as part of a team.

This role may require you to show evidence of vocational level 3 qualification 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.

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount

Experience:

• finance administration: 3 years (preferred)
• Customer service: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person