Job Description
Job Title: Executive Assistant
Trust Location: South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, then the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust would love to hear from you
About the Trust
At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust we provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK. We also provide substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.
Our staff serve a local population of nearly two million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. We provide inpatient care for over 5,000 people each year and we treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, and Croydon.
As well as serving the communities of south London, we provide more than 50 specialist services for children and adults across the UK and beyond.
What you’ll be responsible for:
· Provide high level administration support to the Clinical Director, Associate Medical Director and Head of Psychology and Psychotherapy, CAMHS. This may include functions such as booking travel arrangements, arranging local, national or international visits, submitting expense claims etc.
· Provide high level diary management support to the Clinical Director, Associate Medical Director and Head of Psychology and Psychotherapy, CAMHS.
· Support other Senior Leadership Group members as required.
· Be responsible for ensuring the Senior Management team operates efficiently and effectively. This will include:
o Providing high level administrative and diary management support to sensitive and highly confidential situations.
o Management and support to Senior Management meetings including organising meetings, taking minutes and following up on actions
The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above
You’ll learn the following whilst working at the trust:
· An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS
· Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times
· A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation
You’ll have the following skills/experience:
· Excellent written skills including grammar, spelling and punctuation.
· Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills. This includes the ability to tailor communication styles to engage with a range of staff, senior clinicians and managers.
· Experience of organising large events and meetings involving both internal and external agencies.
· Experience of minute taking and transcribing detailed notes and minutes of meetings.
As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:
· Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
· Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
· Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
· Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
· Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
· Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
· Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
· Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours
Who are NHS Professionals?
We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.
As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.
Apply Today
By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
Disclaimer
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Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Salary: £17.91 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Do you have senior level secretarial and administrative experience? Do you have experience of complex diary management, organising meetings, minute taking?
- Do you have experience of organizing large events and meetings involving both internal and external agencies?
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 62325