Support Services Secretary
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen, as we are looking for an enthusiastic candidate to provide secretarial and administrative services for the SPA/Switchboard Service. This is a full time post working over three or four days per week Monday-Friday.
The successful applicant will need to be highly motivated, positive, and able to work under pressure, often managing varying admin tasks. There is an expectation that they will be able to work as part of a team and individually using their own initiative.
The post is based around operating the Trusts Switchboard and completing referrals to Mental Health Services within the Trust. You will be expected to support the day-to-day functioning of the service, as described in the Main Duties section of this advertisement.
Main duties of the job
We need someone with excellent secretarial skills, who is adept at dealing with the challenges thrown up by supporting a busy service.
You must be willing to work flexibly within a challenging environment and be able to demonstrate good written and verbal communication, inter-personal, and administration skills.
Responsibilities include, covering the Trusts Switchboard, inputting referrals to mental health services, supporting the Crisis Assessment Service with answering calls on the main referral line, minute taking of team meetings, managing email inboxes, ordering supplies, and other ad hoc tasks.
You will have good IT skills with experience of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The successful post holder will also be expected to provide cover for colleagues at short notice if required.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net
Details
Date posted
25 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
173-67923-ACUTE
Job locations
SPA/ Switchboard Team
Leeds
LS9 7BE
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
SPA/ Switchboard Team
Leeds
LS9 7BE
Employer's website
https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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