About this role
Job summary We are looking for an organised and proactive Senior Leadership Administrator to join our Corporate Medical Directorate. This is a varied and rewarding role, providing high-quality administrative, secretarial and business support to senior leaders including the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director of Workforce and Medical Director for Standards. If you are a confident administrator with leadership experience and a commitment to delivering high-quality support, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing complex diaries and correspondence, coordinating meetings, preparing reports and presentations, and ensuring the smooth running of key administrative processes. You will also provide supervision, support and development to administrative staff, helping to maintain excellent standards of service across the team.
This role requires excellent communication and organisational skills, the ability to manage competing priorities, and experience of working with a range of systems and stakeholders. You will play a key role in supporting service improvement initiatives and ensuring the Corporate Medical Directorate operates effectively and efficiently.
About us
At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how we work. We are committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in our workforce. We recognise that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and are working to address this.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more
Job description Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NVQ 3 Business Administration or equivalent or willing to work towards.
Desirable
Use of relevant systems such as Trac, ESR, Power BI, and HealthRoster.
Experience Essential
Experience in a full range of admin/secretarial procedures and systems gained at senior level, including management experience. Experience of working at PA level
Skills Essential
ICT skills including Microsoft (especially word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or equivalent.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address Norfolk County Hall
Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 2DH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)