Job summary
- Main area
- Personal Assistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 395-KM604-24
- Employer
- NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- George Turle House
- Town
- Canterbury
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
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PA / Administrator
NHS AfC: Band 4
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the for a Personal Assistant for 26hours per week based in George Turle House, Canterbury. The role will be working alongside the management team reporting directly to the Deputy Director of Psychological Professions for Essex, Kent and Child Services.
The post holder will be required to work on their own initiative to ensure that key activities and engagements are met by the Deputy Director. NHS experience is ideal, and a high level of IT skills is essential.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include; diary management, able to prioritise and take urgent action where required on behalf of the Deputy Director, flexible with an innovative attitude which welcomes new ways of working, assisting the management team as and when required and to provide a responsive and efficient administrative service to meet the needs of the team, producing agendas and minute taking at senior leadership meetings, creating adhoc presentations, collating wideset data across the Trust, manage large spreadsheets which will require regular updates.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- NHS experience
- PA experience
Desirable criteria
- Secretarial background
Project
Essential criteria
- Experience of project work
- Able to create powerpoint presentations
- Able to create and maintain spreadsheets
Desirable criteria
- Senior administrative experience
Administrative
Essential criteria
- Experience of minuting meetings and creating agendas
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Vidler
- Job title
- Team Project Support and Assistant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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