Personal Assistant to Deputy Directors of Estates & Facilities

Job summary

The Estates & Facilities division oversees and provides a wide range of estates & Facilities services to both United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Lincolnshire Community Healthcare NHS Trust under the group working model. The Deputy Directors of Estates and & Facilities are looking for a motivated and well organised individual who can support them in the delivery of their duties.

This role is subject to a deferment, candidates will start no earlier than July 2025

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, have a passion and desire to be the best, if we are the best then our patients also get the best care, we do not compromise. You will be a good communicator and with changing priorities and workstreams you will often find yourself being the communication conduit between the Triumvirate team. You will often be expected to act discreetly, using your own judgement and initiative when dealing with information that is private, confidential or sensitive in nature. You will be someone who can learn systems quickly (we have a lot of them in the NHS) and be efficient in their use. Full training on systems will be provided.

This exciting role covers a variety of duties, a sample of which might be:

• To provide a comprehensive, effective and confidential PA support to the Deputy Directors of Estates & Facilities
• To provide business administration to the Estates & Facilities Division in its approach to the achievement of its objectives to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the Directorate.
• To develop effective working relations across Lincolnshire Community Hospitals group
• To highlight and monitor changing priorities throughout the day and keep the Team updated, taking action where appropriate on own initiative within agreed parameters or on instruction, in order to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the Directorate.

About us

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).