About this role
Job summary
The Patient Safety Support Secretary role provides high-quality secretarial and administrative support to the Trust's Patient Safety Team. The post holder plays a key role in enabling patient safety improvement work by supporting the team with day-to-day organisation, meetings, and administration.
Main duties of the job
Provide day-to-day secretarial and administrative support to the Patient Safety Team. Arrange and support trust widemeetings, including managing diaries, booking rooms, preparing papers, and following up actions. Take notes and produce clear, accurate minutes for meetings, sharing actions with relevant staff. Act as a point of contact for the team, dealing with enquiries in a helpful and professional manner.
Closing Date of Applications: 03 June 2026
Interview Dates: 17 June 2026
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes Key Facts:
We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day. We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week. An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country. Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily. Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres. We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres. We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day. UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications Essential
Good standard of English to GCSE or equivalent Good level of IT literacy
Desirable
NVQ II in Customer Service or equivalent knowledge and skills
Experience and Knowledge Essential
Previous secretarial/administrative experience
Desirable
Experience of minute taking Experience of working in NHS settings
Skills and Ability Essential
Knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes such as Microsoft word, teams, excel
Desirable
Ability to manage and support complex meetings at a senior level, including agenda preparation, coordination of papers, accurate minute-taking, and follow-up of actions
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 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address Queens Hospital
Belvedere Road
Burton on Trent
DE13 0RB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)