Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Personal Assistant

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Job summary

Personal Assistant to the Early Intervention Service Leadership Team.

The EIS support covers The Bay, Pennine, Fylde and Central / West this will enable the base of the EIS Personal Assistant to be located within any of these networks.

We are excited to be able to advertise for an experienced Personal Assistant within the Bay Network. We are looking for a highly motivated, pro-active individual who has excellent communication and interpersonal skills, lots of initiative and is looking for their next challenge

Main duties of the job

On a day-to-day basis, the successful candidate will be reactive, responsive and flex to support the EIS Leadership Team. The post holder must anticipate the needs and concerns of their Manager(s) including diary management and screening of emails. Acting as an effective 'gatekeeper', using their own judgement to resolve difficult situations, whilst making decisions regarding appropriateness and priorities using there excellent negotiation and diplomacy skills.

While this is a demanding and busy role, the successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate the Trust values and standards of behaviour expected by the organisation and meet the responsibilities of the job description and person specification.

This is an exciting time for Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust which is undergoing significant transformational change to ensure services are meeting the needs of our population.

On a day-to-day basis, the successful candidate will be reactive, responsive and flex to support the EIS Leadership Team. The post holder must anticipate the needs and concerns of their Manager(s) including diary management and screening of emails. Acting as an effective 'gatekeeper', using their own judgement to resolve difficult situations, whilst making decisions regarding appropriateness and priorities using there excellent negotiation and diplomacy skills.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Details

Date posted

06 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-BAY567-CL

Job locations

Admin EIS (MH)

North Barn, Pathfinders Drive,

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 4 in Customer Care or Business Administration - or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrable commitment to Continuous personal development.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of issues in the Mental Health Network.
  • Intermediate knowledge of a range of administrative procedures and practice.

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience as a Secretary/Administrator including diary management
  • Previous experience of working in a fast moving, confidential, sensitive, pressurised deadline driven environment.
  • Experience of supporting and minuting meetings.
  • Well-developed administrative skills.
  • High standard of presentation of written work.

Personal

Essential

  • Takes a pro-active approach to tasks.
  • Ability to deal with confidential and sensitive issues with tact.
  • Attention to detail and able to see tasks through to completion.
  • Advanced and accurate keyboard skills for producing reports and correspondence etc. including live note taking.
Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 4 in Customer Care or Business Administration - or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrable commitment to Continuous personal development.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of issues in the Mental Health Network.
  • Intermediate knowledge of a range of administrative procedures and practice.

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience as a Secretary/Administrator including diary management
  • Previous experience of working in a fast moving, confidential, sensitive, pressurised deadline driven environment.
  • Experience of supporting and minuting meetings.
  • Well-developed administrative skills.
  • High standard of presentation of written work.

Personal

Essential

  • Takes a pro-active approach to tasks.
  • Ability to deal with confidential and sensitive issues with tact.
  • Attention to detail and able to see tasks through to completion.
  • Advanced and accurate keyboard skills for producing reports and correspondence etc. including live note taking.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Admin EIS (MH)

North Barn, Pathfinders Drive,

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ


Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Admin EIS (MH)

North Barn, Pathfinders Drive,

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ


Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Locality Admin Lead

Amy Cook

amy.cook@lscft.nhs.uk

07866065328

Details

Date posted

06 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-BAY567-CL

Job locations

Admin EIS (MH)

North Barn, Pathfinders Drive,

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ


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