Curriculum Vitae 

Contact details at the foot of this page. 

CAREER PROFILE 

A self-motivated organised individual with a successful track record of 10 years in the world of administration with varied experience. 

Employed for the last 22 months at Yeovil District Hospital as a bank administrator working in the nurse bank, the finance department and more recently in Procurement 

Previously, contracted by Somerset County Council in the adult social services as department administrator. 

Prior to this, employed by Holdsworth Personnel for a variety of temporary assignments. 

Have been the main point of contact for all IT issues in a public Library.   Training, IT equipment basic maintenance 

KEY STRENGTHS  

• I.T. Skills: 
  
  
• Proficient in Microsoft Office,.  Hardware, Problem solving skills. 

• Communication Skills 
  
• Effectively at all levels both verbally and written. 

• Initiative and Flexibility: 
  
•  Diligent ability to prioritise workload work load effectively ensuring deadlines are met. (always willing to go the extra mile) 

• Attention to detail:
  
• Pride in acute attention to detail enabling precise analysis and error rectification.
• Team Player: Immersed in the ‘Team player’ ethos as an essential part of functioning office set up. 
• Highly Motivated: 
• Tried and tested ability to maintain a consistent high standard of work and attention to detail under pressure. 

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE.

• Twenty years’ experience in a customer facing public library. 

• Excellent people person 

• Adaptable, computer literate.  Has used social media to promote a community  co-operative Shop and Café among other things.

•  Highly skilled  In using Microsoft Office software and web-based packages 
• Used many bespoke IT systems,  E.G.  TalIs, Trac, SAP, Oracle, V-Smart, knowledgeshare. 

• Problem solving skills. Bags of common sense. 

• Creative

JOB HISTORY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 

Somerset Foundation Trust Oct 2019 - Oct 2020 (Maternity cover) 

Senior library Assistant 

Training HCA's in Health literacy, reflective practice, inducting people into the service, publicising the library to members of staff in other locations., administrating the Knowledgeshare and Openathens systems.  displays and general library tasks. 

Simply Serve Limited 

Procurement Officer Aug 2018 to Oct 2019

Sorting out invoices for the procurement dept,  of yeovil Hospital. 

Assisting with various projects using excel and Oracle.   

Yeovil District Hospital October 2017 – August 2018

Bank Administrator

Nurse Bank 

Making sure the hospital has its nursing requirements all filled,  Due to sickness, holidays or vacancies

processing the invoices for payment of any agency staff hired

Finance Dept: 

Administrating the annual stock take 

setting up accounts for suppliers for a new company set up by the hospital. 

Recruitment Dept: 

Recruitment Officer, posting new vacancies on websites

Moving candidates through to interview and processing to start. 

Carrying out PRe-Employment Checks, CRB, References etc. 

Somerset County Council – October 2012 to October 2017 

Adult Social Care Administrative Assistant

Supporting the Social Workers with their daily tasks

Managing the database, entering information checking it is entered accurately

taking the minutes of meetings. 

Dealing with very sensitive information 

Low level IT problems 

Technology champion 

South Somerset District Council Octagon Theatre - October 2015 to January 2017  

 
Casual bar work as and when required. 

Temporary administrator assignments November 2010 to October 2012 

All contracted with Holdsworth Personnel Stratford Upon Avon. 

Sims Metals June 2012 

Short term temporary contract.  Dealing with a staffing restructure as part of the HR department. 

Excel spreadsheets and mail outs. 

Equidebt May 2012 

Short term temporary contract.  Opening the post, handling sensitive personal information. 

Entering data onto the internal finance system. 

Easter Hill Furniture May 2011 to April 2012 

Banking and processing invoice payments using SAP. 

Arranging deliveries with shops around the UK 

Entering orders onto the SAP system. 

Answering the telephone enquiries from customers. 

Assistant Manager Blockley Shop and Café July 2010 to November 2010 

Using the EPOS till system 

Serving customers, stock handling ordering and promotion 

Using Twitter to promote events and stock promotions and to network with other shops in the area.

PA/ Events Administrator Eclectic Events May – June 2010 

Processing the British Cheese award entries 

arranging travel details

Using social networks to promote the business

General Office Administration

banking cheques

Filing correspondence.

HR/Recruitment Assistant - Shelter The Housing and Homelessness Charity.  February 2009 – October 2009 

Liaising with Recruitment Agencies 

Updating and maintaining the recruitment pages of the website

Preparing papers and application forms when shortlists were drawn up

Adding new staff members to the Trent database 

Updating All Paper  personnel files so all information was in the correct place and up to date.

Learning Information Officer, Southwark Council.  South London October 1999 – November 2008. 

Part of the team that introduced IT into the library service through writing instructions on use to training the staff and member of the public in its uses. 

Re-organisation of the library layout during a small refurbishment, Increasing foot fall and issue figures 

S taffed the enquiry desk on a regular basis. 

3 years working in the reference library

Responsibility for staffing including time-sheets and rotas 

Ensured that  IT systems were in full working order from small matters such as sorting out an email account to service wide problems

network issues

Troubleshooting and problem solving IT, Building Issues 

customer welfare

security and key holder

Library Assistant, Southwark Libraries.   July 1989 – October 1999. 

Customer focused reader development

Helping visitors with any enquiries they may have

Also carrying out detailed and lengthy research on behalf of members of the public.

Manager, Workers Beer Company. June 1990 – June 2010 

Manager of bars at various major UK festivals; including 16 Glastonbury festivals

Each bar served up to 1000 pints per an hour and requires up to 150 members of staff

Managing stock levels

cash handling

Shift co-ordination of staff

Welfare and health and safety

Team management of up to 50 members of staff.

QUALIFICATIONS 

• BSC in Environmental Studies (Hons) (Manchester Metropolitan University) 1996.

• Personal Alcohol License Holder. 

• Driver’s License.

TRAINING COURSES

Health and Safety at Work 

Manual Handling 

First Aid

Customer Care

Training for IT trainers

Internet safety awareness

References available on request