Senior Administrator/Personal Assistant-Primary Care & Community MH

Job summary

Primary Care and Community Mental Health seek a PA for the Associate Director (AD) and Deputy (DAD). You will be intelligent, organised, flexible, personable, happy to work with limited oversight and tight deadlines, and will support AD and DAD running the Service Delivery Unit (SDU) in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. This role sits at the very heart of the Senior Management Team, helping to support it in delivery of Mental Health services across two counties. Ambitious to deliver quality healthcare, we enjoy each others company and aim to make work a good place to be. Work-life balance is given high priority, and youll be supported to find your own balance. This includes a flexible approach to basing (with offices across the two counties), home working (with all equipment), and some flexibility in working hours. If this sounds attractive, and you think youre a good fit, please reach out in advance of application to: David Thomas, on 07707 301599, or email David.thomas67@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

• Undertake senior administrative/secretarial/PA duties that are specific to the role.
• Arrange confirm appointments and meetings as required, making appropriate arrangements, e.g. hospitality, booking venues, equipment, travel, accommodation
• Provide a secretarial service to meetings, including the preparation and distribution of agendas and papers, taking minutes.
• Act as the first point of contact (specific to the role) ensuring matters are dealt with efficiently and effectively.
• Manage own workload effectively, prioritising and delegating work to junior staff accordingly.
• Undertake extensive coordination of electronic diary systems for all designated personnel.
• Assist in service audits, as required.
• Assist with the relevant parts of the recruitment process for the department, as required, liaising with the centralised Recruitment Team.
• Record information to the Electronic Staff Record, as appropriate.

About us

We are community hospitals, neighbourhood teams and community health services across Worcestershire and the provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We work in partnership with other organisations to keep our community well at home for as long as possible.

We provide services for people of all ages, across a range of settings, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions.

We have an open and supportive culture, recognised by the CQC and other external regulators. We want you to thrive, offering you every opportunity to develop. We will support you; help you fulfil your ambitions with a varied and flexible training programme; and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We endeavour to offer an attractive work-life balance, with flexibility in our approach to help you get the most out of your career.

We provide our staff with direct access to a wealth of resources to support their wellbeing, from our Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, to wellbeing festivals or access to free online exercise classes.

At the core of our values, we are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights. We take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in delivering best patient care and the employment of our staff.

We would encourage you to visit the Trusts Recruitment Microsite, click the Employer Website link.

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

2 Kings Court

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1JR

Employer's website

https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

2 Kings Court

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1JR

Employer's website

https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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