Secretary

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible, team player with a natural empathy for people who experience mental health problems to join our friendly, professional and busy Younger Peoples with Dementia Service.

You will help to provide a comprehensive, high quality efficient administrative service for the clinical and medical teams. Your role will include, liaising with staff, service users, visitors and health care professionals in person and over the phone, you will demonstrate sound organisational skills and be able to prioritise your workload as well as the ability to take accurate messages. The successful applicants will have excellent interpersonal skills, good communication skills with an emphasis on customer service and be IT literate. You will be responsible for handling highly confidential information.

You would need a flexible approach to your work, and be willing to travel to other sites within the locality if needed. Working Days to be discussed with the successful applicant

Main duties of the job

You will help to provide a comprehensive, high quality efficient administrative service for the clinical and medical teams. Your role will include, liaising with staff, service users, visitors and health care professionals in person and over the phone, minute taking, you will demonstrate sound organisational skills and be able to prioritise your workload as well as the ability to take accurate messages.

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

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Young People with Dementia Team

Leeds

LS12 3QE

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Young People with Dementia Team

Leeds

LS12 3QE

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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