About this role
Job summary
We are looking to recruit a Team Secretary to join the Brighton and Hove Perinatal Mental Health Service for a fixed term contract - 29/06/2026 - 28/06/2027. This role is 25 hours per week.
Full training, support and supervision given- and this role can build on previous mental health experience. This is an exciting time to join a developing, innovative specialist service!
Main duties of the job
The team secretary role provides secretarial support to our multi-disciplinary team. Please see job description for full details.
About us
The Long Term Plan for Mental Health sets out national and local ambitions to improve care for people in pregnancy through the first stages of the babies' life who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health difficulties.
One in five women experience post or ante natal depression, anxiety or in some cases psychosis, during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth.
Perinatal community mental health services provide specialist care for women (and their babies) with moderate to severe mental illness, such as bipolar disorder or severe depression. The long-term benefits of this kind of specialist care offers early help and support to parents and babies to help with a range of perinatal issues including parent infant bonding.
Sussex Partnership have a Perinatal Mental Health Service that covers Sussex. This is delivered by four teams across the area. The service is committed to delivering a high quality service with a strong focus on staff wellbeing.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see job description for outlines of the main duties and responsibilities of this post, and the person specification which lists the requirements necessary to perform the job. Candidates will be assessed according to the extent to which they meet the specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NVQ3/ RSA 3 or equivalent experience
Knowledge/Experience Essential
Experience of a range of secretarial procedures Knowledge of software programmes Knowledge of Word, Excel
Skills Essential
Excellent written and verbal communication skills Ability to use initiative to respond to queries Excellent planning and organisational skills
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 Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address East Brighton Community MH Centre
Elm Grove
Brighton
BN2 3EW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)