About this role
Job summary Secondment opportunity to join Our Team as a Personal Assistant (PA)Your Organisation, Your Initiative, Our Vision.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Personal Assistant (PA) to provide efficient and comprehensive support to our Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Director of Strategy & Innovation within the Corporate Executive Support Team. This dynamic role requires exceptional organisational skills, proactive planning, and the ability to manage a varied workload while maintaining high standards of confidentiality and professionalism.
What We're Offering:
Flexible working arrangements, Working From Home and Cross Site working. A collaborative, supportive environment where your contributions are valued. The opportunity to work closely with senior leadership in a vital area of healthcare. Make a Difference in Healthcare:Join us in this vital role to ensure seamless administrative support, allowing our senior leaders to focus on delivering exceptional care quality across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The role involves providing comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Director of Strategy & Innovation. This includes efficiently managing correspondence and communications, assessing and prioritising workloads to meet deadlines, and autonomously responding to emails and telephone inquiries using sound judgment and initiative.
You will act as a key liaison, handling complex, sensitive, and sometimes contentious information with tact, diplomacy, and confidentiality. The role also requires managing communications effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, utilising negotiation and persuasion skills as needed, while ensuring all duties are performed efficiently and to a high standard.
About us
Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.
Job description Job responsibilities
For more details, please refer to the full job description and person specification.
Apply today and become an integral part of our mission to deliver excellence in healthcare!
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
Educated to A level, NVQ Level 3 or relevant equivalent NVQ Level 3
Desirable
Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience Essential
Recent experience of working in an office or equivalent Proven experience of effective meeting arrangements including formal minute taking
Desirable
Recent work experience within the NHS Experience of working in patient experience
Knowledge Essential
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Package: including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint Ability to manage own workload and to work proactively - as part of a small team, autonomously and with a range of colleagues
Key Skills Essential
Strong communication skills Be able to work under pressure and accurately to tight deadlines Flexible in his/her commitment to the role to ensure workload is adequately prioritised and deadlines met. Politeness, tact and diplomacy, ability to ensure confidentiality at all times
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 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Address Peterborough City Hospital
Bretton Gate
Peterborough
PE3 9GZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)