Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 306-BEH-2228
- Employer
- Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chase Building, Chase Farm Hospital
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £32,720 - £39,769 Per annum inc. Outer London HCAS rate
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 08:00
Employer heading
PA Senior Service Lead Adults /Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Band 5
Join us at an exciting time for Barnet, Haringey and Enfield Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. After three years working in Partnership, we are due to create a new Trust, to be known as the North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November 2024, subject to Secretary of State approval. Join us to be part of the North London Way as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high quality care across all our services
- Ensure that research, Quality Improvement and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We look forward to welcoming you to the new North London NHS Foundation Trust, where we work in the North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership
Job overview
An opportunity to work with the The Enfield Mental Health Division for Adults has arisen.
We are looking for a positive, reliable and flexible individual to join the team, this role will provide a comprehensive administrative support to the Enfield Senior Service Lead Acute of Adult Services and Enfield Lead of Psychology and Psychological Therapies as well a working with the operational/ senior managers in Enfield.
This post will be based in Chase Building, Chase Farm Hospital.
Previous applicants please do not apply
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have had previous experience in a secretarial/administrative role who has excellent administration skills with knowledge of a range of admin procedures and software as well as
trust policies. They must be confident and competent managing conflicting priorities using their initiative and problem solving skills, with an ability to respond to unexpected demands and work with minimal supervision.
Working for our organisation
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
- We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
- Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
- Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
- Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
- We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
- Generous Annual Leave Allowance
- NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
- We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts’ values and cultural pillars:
- We are kind
- We are respectful
- We work together
- We keep things simple
- We empower
- We are proudly diverse
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure you read the person specification (attached to the job description) as your application will be judged against this.
The ideal candidate will need to have experience in:
• Diary Management
• Audits
• Meeting/event organisation
• Implementing and completing actions
• Liaising with managers/staff across the trust
• Rio trained
• Agenda preparation
• Minute taking
• Good organisational skills
• Have excellent communication skills
• Ability of multi-task
• Have good attention to detail
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in area.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Full range of administrative procedures, software programmes
- Relevant Trust policies and procedures
- PA Experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- 2 years NHS experience
- Managing busy workload and conflicting priorities
- • Handling confidential and sensitive information in accordance with the Data Protection Act
Desirable criteria
- 2 years NHS experience of working in a mental health setting.
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Extensive use and knowledge of all Microsoft Office programmes; Outlook, Word, Excel and Publisher.
- Demonstrate a high standard of telephone liaison, interpersonal, organisational and communication skills
- Clear communicator with good writing, and telephone skills ensuring accuracy at all times
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
Desirable criteria
- Extensive use and knowledge of RiO
Emotional effort
Essential criteria
- • Occasional exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances, office conditions
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharon Quidley
- Job title
- Enfield Divisional Head of Administration Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8702 6084
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