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Job summary

Main area
Hosted Services
Grade
Band 4
Contract
12 months (Fixed term/Secondment)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Office hours)
Job ref
236-HOS-AC681-23-D
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern Care Alliance, Salford Royal Hospital
Town
Salford
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Personal Assistant

Band 4

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Personal Assistant to support the REACHE Team, providing administrative and general office support.

We are looking for candidates who are conscientious,  highly motivated, friendly and are able to work as part of the team.

As a PA you will be working closely with  Senior management to provide effective, confident and efficient administration service.   You will need excellent communication and organisational skills, along with the ability to build relationships.

Previous applicant need not to apply.

REACHE are unable to provide sponsorship.

Must be confident using Microsoft Outlook diary management with substantial experience of minute taking. 

Main duties of the job

To be the first point of contact for telephone, emails and face to face enquiries.

To provide diary and email  management, arrange appointments, meetings/events and interviews.

To prepare agendas, book rooms and take minutes.

To order and maintain equipment/ stationary stocks.

To maintain internal filing and systems to effectively manage workloads.

Working for our organisation

Reache NW, established 20 years ago, has delivered Occupational English education and PLAB success for overseas qualified Refugee, Asylum Seeker, Evacuee Doctors, Nurses and allied health professionals and placed them into NHS jobs. Over 600 doctors and AHPs have passed through our programme. 

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk 

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website

www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Use of Microsoft Offices including teams
  • GCSE (English / Maths) or equivalant
  • Business Administration e.g. NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
  • RSA 2 qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of effective diary management
  • Experience of organising and minute taking
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working as a PA

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Managing own workload and competing deadlines
  • Able to deal with sensitive issues in a confidential manner
  • Organisational skills and time management skills
  • Ability to work as a team
  • Motivated, flexible and proactive
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to work quickly and accurately, using own initiative in relaying complex information.
  • Previous experience of working in an NHS organisation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sitia Kroah
Job title
HR Advisor
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 206 4201
Additional information

Line manager:

Chris Gilliver available Monday to Friday 09.00  to 17.00 

[email protected]

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