Community Team Secretary

Job summary

The West Integrated Community Health Team are looking for an enthusiastic Team Secretary to work 22.5 hours with other members of our administration team at the current community base at Colburn Medical Practice.

In the future the community team will be re locating to the Catterick Integrated Care Campus which will be at Catterick Garrison.

As an adult community mental health team we pride ourselves with being a cohesive and supportive team and this role is key to helping the team function on a day to day basis.

Our base is at Colburn Medical Practice but we cover a large rural area encompassing the towns of Richmond, Bedale, Leyburn, Catterick and Colburn as well as Wensleydale and Swaledale.

We are looking for someone that can work between the hours of 10am and 3pm Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

The following responsibilities are examples, please refer to the attached Job Description for the complete picture .

Generic administrative activity such as: dealing with answer machine messages, responding to letters and emails, checking/taking the post, liaise with other departments and sites across the North Yorkshire area, ordering supplies, calendar management (e.g. organising meetings/events), minute taking, data input, files and documentation prep (e.g. case notes), photocopying, filing.

To be a point of contact on behalf of the clinical team, for service users, carers and visitors; responding to enquiries in a patient and helpful manner.

To assist in cross-cover support as required for other community teams as required.

To interact compassionately with service users and carers at all times.

To promote a positive image of the mental health service, the Trust and the people who access our services.

About us

With a starting salary of £24,071 pro rata, per annum, a generous NHS pension scheme, a fantastic annual leave package (27 days annual leave plus bank holidays) and access to other NHS staff benefits and discounts, it is fair to say that this job has a lot to offer. And, it's not just the NHS pay scaleand benefits that we offer that make joining our organisation an excellent choice, there are many training and development opportunities available, giving you the opportunity for career progression.

All staff have regular 1-2-1s, quarterly supervision meetings and an annual appraisal, which provides lots of opportunity for discussion around achievements, challenges and aspirations.

Staff recognition is very important to us; we work closely with colleagues to support development, the staff voice, and to recognise teams and individuals through our Greatix and Star Award schemes; highlighting the outstanding work being done every day.

We recognise that Administrators are professionals and are a valuable asset to our organisation. We understand that they have a key role in the support and delivery of our services and that their contribution helps us in achieving our aim of consistently providing safe and high quality care for our service users. The kind of care we would want for ourselves and for our loved ones.