Job summary
POST
: Executive Assistant
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Board of Directors
SALARY: £32,960 per annum (Full-time equivalent)
HOURS: Flexible - full-time/part-time
The
Executive Assistant will provide high-level, confidential, and proactive
administrative support to the Board of Directors, ensuring the smooth running
of governance and leadership activities within a fast-paced healthcare
environment.
Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team and key stakeholders, the
postholder will manage complex diaries, coordinate Board and leadership
meetings, prepare high-quality documentation, and act as a trusted first point
of contact for internal and external enquiries.
This role demands exceptional organisational skills, discretion, and the
ability to balance multiple priorities, often to tight deadlines. The Executive
Assistant will be integral in enabling the Board to focus on strategic
objectives, always acting as a professional ambassador for the organisation.
Main duties of the job
Administrative Support:
Manage complex and dynamic diaries, including scheduling, organising,
and maintaining appointments for both internal and external engagements.
Complete administrative tasks such as creating documents, presentations,
and reports using software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Prepare for meetings by coordinating agendas and materials in advance,
including facilitating virtual and hybrid meetings.
Record accurate meeting minutes, organise board agendas, and maintain
actionable follow-up logs.
Communication Management:
Serve as the first point of contact for incoming communications,
including telephone calls, emails, and post, responding on behalf of Directors
where appropriate.
Manage and appropriately redirect queries, ensuring timely responses and
resolutions.
Welcome and facilitate visits from external and internal stakeholders.
Travel & Logistics Coordination:
Organise and manage travel arrangements, including booking
transportation and accommodations.
Ensure all logistical arrangements are streamlined and meet the
Directors' schedules.
About us
Nimbuscare
is a not-for-profit Organisation that aims to be a collaborative and agile
provider that cares for its people and patients. Nimbuscare is based in York
and is owned by all the practices in the city, however we deliver services over
a wider footprint.
We
deliver Urgent Care Services in collaboration with the hospital and GP
practices in York, Scarborough, Selby, Malton and Whitby. We also provide community based frailty care
which focuses on treating people in the community where we can. We also aim to
shift services into the community where possible, for example our Community
Diagnostic Centre runs in partnership with the Acute Trust.
We
are committed to contributing towards a better NHS based on equity, fairness,
innovation, collaboration and quality.
In
line with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), Nimbuscare will use
and hold your personal data for the intended purpose.
We
are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and
expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.
Nimbuscare
is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the
communities it serves. We welcome applications from everyone and work to
promote an inclusive supportive culture that values and celebrates our
differences.
As
a Disability Confident Committed employer disabled applicants who meet the
essential criteria for this job are guaranteed an interview. Nimbuscare
holds a license to sponsor visa applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Administrative Support:
Manage complex and dynamic diaries, including scheduling, organising, and maintaining appointments for both internal and external engagements.
Complete administrative tasks such as creating documents, presentations, and reports using software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Prepare for meetings by coordinating agendas and materials in advance, including facilitating virtual and hybrid meetings.
Record accurate meeting minutes, organise board agendas, and maintain actionable follow-up logs.
Communication Management:
Serve as the first point of contact for incoming communications, including telephone calls, emails, and post, responding on behalf of Directors where appropriate.
Manage and appropriately redirect queries, ensuring timely responses and resolutions.
Welcome and facilitate visits from external and internal stakeholders.
Travel & Logistics Coordination:
Organise and manage travel arrangements, including booking transportation and accommodations.
Ensure all logistical arrangements are streamlined and meet the Directors' schedules.
Records & Documentation:
- Maintain efficient record-keeping and filing systems, ensuring timely retrieval of papers for meetings or appointments.
- Monitor and update administrative processes to improve efficiency and quality.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Facilitate clear communication and coordination between Member Practices and Nimbuscare staff, including occasional travel to member sites when necessary.
Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders, including healthcare professionals and organisational partners.
Business Responsibilities:
Uphold and promote the ethos and culture of Nimbuscare and the practices served.
Positively represent the organisation in all interactions.
Contribute to resource rationalisation and operational efficiency initiatives.
Participate in in-house educational and staff meetings to support team development.
Support the planning and implementation of new processes to optimise organisational quality and effectiveness.
Safeguarding:
- Be responsible for and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.
- Be aware of your duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to our policies and procedures on Child Protection and Safeguarding Adults.
- Recognise the types and signs of abuse and neglect.
- Ensure the Safeguarding Lead is alerted to, and kept fully informed of, any concerns you may have in relation to safeguarding adults, children, and young people.
Learning and development:
You will participate in any training programme implemented by Nimbuscare Limited as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in individual performance reviews, including maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
- Working in conjunction with senior management, assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.
- Develop and utilise a written Personal Development Plan.
- Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information.
- Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments.
- Undertake mandatory and statutory training as required.
Team working:
- Understand own role and scope in the organisation and identify how this may develop over time.
- Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
- Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded in own practice.
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
- Participate and support local projects as agreed with the Board.
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of those taking on delegated duties.
Confidentiality:
- While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
- In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, you may have access to confidential information relating to staff and patients. You may also have access to information relating to Nimbuscare Limited as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
- Information relating to patients, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of Nimbuscare Limited may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with Nimbuscare Limited policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & Safety:
You will assist in promoting and maintaining your own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Nimbuscare Limited Health & Safety Policy, to include:
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to guidelines.
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
- Reporting potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity:
You will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Nimbuscare Limited procedures and policies, and current legislation.
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within Nimbuscare Limited, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
- Effectively manage own time, workload, and resources.
- Work within own limitations and experience.
- Be aware of and cooperate with audit.
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
- Always portray a professional image.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members.
- Communicate effectively with service users and carers.
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Other:
This job description is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and will be reviewed periodically in conjunction with you. You are required to carry out any duties that may reasonably be requested by the Directors. You will need to be flexible in developing the role to provide the best possible care to patients
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Administrative Support:
Manage complex and dynamic diaries, including scheduling, organising, and maintaining appointments for both internal and external engagements.
Complete administrative tasks such as creating documents, presentations, and reports using software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Prepare for meetings by coordinating agendas and materials in advance, including facilitating virtual and hybrid meetings.
Record accurate meeting minutes, organise board agendas, and maintain actionable follow-up logs.
Communication Management:
Serve as the first point of contact for incoming communications, including telephone calls, emails, and post, responding on behalf of Directors where appropriate.
Manage and appropriately redirect queries, ensuring timely responses and resolutions.
Welcome and facilitate visits from external and internal stakeholders.
Travel & Logistics Coordination:
Organise and manage travel arrangements, including booking transportation and accommodations.
Ensure all logistical arrangements are streamlined and meet the Directors' schedules.
Records & Documentation:
- Maintain efficient record-keeping and filing systems, ensuring timely retrieval of papers for meetings or appointments.
- Monitor and update administrative processes to improve efficiency and quality.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Facilitate clear communication and coordination between Member Practices and Nimbuscare staff, including occasional travel to member sites when necessary.
Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders, including healthcare professionals and organisational partners.
Business Responsibilities:
Uphold and promote the ethos and culture of Nimbuscare and the practices served.
Positively represent the organisation in all interactions.
Contribute to resource rationalisation and operational efficiency initiatives.
Participate in in-house educational and staff meetings to support team development.
Support the planning and implementation of new processes to optimise organisational quality and effectiveness.
Safeguarding:
- Be responsible for and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.
- Be aware of your duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to our policies and procedures on Child Protection and Safeguarding Adults.
- Recognise the types and signs of abuse and neglect.
- Ensure the Safeguarding Lead is alerted to, and kept fully informed of, any concerns you may have in relation to safeguarding adults, children, and young people.
Learning and development:
You will participate in any training programme implemented by Nimbuscare Limited as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in individual performance reviews, including maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
- Working in conjunction with senior management, assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.
- Develop and utilise a written Personal Development Plan.
- Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information.
- Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments.
- Undertake mandatory and statutory training as required.
Team working:
- Understand own role and scope in the organisation and identify how this may develop over time.
- Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
- Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded in own practice.
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
- Participate and support local projects as agreed with the Board.
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of those taking on delegated duties.
Confidentiality:
- While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
- In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, you may have access to confidential information relating to staff and patients. You may also have access to information relating to Nimbuscare Limited as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
- Information relating to patients, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of Nimbuscare Limited may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with Nimbuscare Limited policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & Safety:
You will assist in promoting and maintaining your own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Nimbuscare Limited Health & Safety Policy, to include:
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to guidelines.
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
- Reporting potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity:
You will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Nimbuscare Limited procedures and policies, and current legislation.
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within Nimbuscare Limited, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
- Effectively manage own time, workload, and resources.
- Work within own limitations and experience.
- Be aware of and cooperate with audit.
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
- Always portray a professional image.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members.
- Communicate effectively with service users and carers.
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Other:
This job description is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and will be reviewed periodically in conjunction with you. You are required to carry out any duties that may reasonably be requested by the Directors. You will need to be flexible in developing the role to provide the best possible care to patients
Person Specification
Attributes
Essential
- Autonomous Worker Able to work independently while maintaining strong collaboration with colleagues.
- Resilient Remains calm and effective under pressure, managing multiple demands.
- Service-Oriented Commitment to delivering a high standard of service to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Team Player Works collaboratively across teams to achieve organisational goals.
Other
Essential
- Access to own vehicle for business purposes.
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of a minimum of 2 years supporting senior leaders or a Board as a PA, EA or Senior Administrator.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Understanding of governance and Board procedures.
Desirable
- Experience within a healthcare or NHS-aligned organisation.
- Degree-level qualification in Business Administration, or Management related subject.
- Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 Foundation, APM, or Agile Project Management.
- Minute-taking certification or evidence of formal training in Board/committee secretarial support
Qualities
Essential
- Professionalism Presents a positive and credible image at all times, acting as an ambassador for the organisation.
- Adaptability Comfortable working in a fast-paced and changing environment, adjusting priorities when necessary.
- Attention to Detail Maintains accuracy and thoroughness in all work produced.
- Problem Solving Uses initiative to identify issues and implement solutions promptly.
- Emotional Intelligence Demonstrates empathy and tact, particularly in handling sensitive matters.
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths Grade C/4 or above.
- Formal training in administration or business support such as:
- Level 3 or Level 4 Diploma in Business Administration or Business Support / Management
- Level 3 or Level 4 Certificate/Diploma in Business Support or Management
Desirable
- Degree-level qualification in Business Administration, or Management related subject.
- Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 Foundation, APM, or Agile Project Management.
- Minute-taking certification or evidence of formal training in Board/committee secretarial support.
Person Specification
Attributes
Essential
- Autonomous Worker Able to work independently while maintaining strong collaboration with colleagues.
- Resilient Remains calm and effective under pressure, managing multiple demands.
- Service-Oriented Commitment to delivering a high standard of service to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Team Player Works collaboratively across teams to achieve organisational goals.
Other
Essential
- Access to own vehicle for business purposes.
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of a minimum of 2 years supporting senior leaders or a Board as a PA, EA or Senior Administrator.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Understanding of governance and Board procedures.
Desirable
- Experience within a healthcare or NHS-aligned organisation.
- Degree-level qualification in Business Administration, or Management related subject.
- Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 Foundation, APM, or Agile Project Management.
- Minute-taking certification or evidence of formal training in Board/committee secretarial support
Qualities
Essential
- Professionalism Presents a positive and credible image at all times, acting as an ambassador for the organisation.
- Adaptability Comfortable working in a fast-paced and changing environment, adjusting priorities when necessary.
- Attention to Detail Maintains accuracy and thoroughness in all work produced.
- Problem Solving Uses initiative to identify issues and implement solutions promptly.
- Emotional Intelligence Demonstrates empathy and tact, particularly in handling sensitive matters.
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths Grade C/4 or above.
- Formal training in administration or business support such as:
- Level 3 or Level 4 Diploma in Business Administration or Business Support / Management
- Level 3 or Level 4 Certificate/Diploma in Business Support or Management
Desirable
- Degree-level qualification in Business Administration, or Management related subject.
- Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 Foundation, APM, or Agile Project Management.
- Minute-taking certification or evidence of formal training in Board/committee secretarial support.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
