Team Secretary

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with strong administrative skills and experience, to support Veterans services and to make a positive difference to Armed Forces Veterans who require specialist mental health services and wider support.

The post holder will work as part of a strong team to ensure that an effective and efficient administration service is provided.

The role includes undertaking clerical and administration tasks on behalf of Veterans Services. The post holder will be responsible for supporting telephone and email enquiries along with updating records via the electronic care records system. They will contribute to the day to day running of the services and will support processing of referrals, written communication with service users and other professionals and supporting a number of meetings across different forums.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will ideally have experience of working in a busy administrative environment. It is essential they have experience with using Microsoft Packages, in particular Word, Excel and Teams.

We need:

• A team player to work in a multi-disciplinary team, who has proven secretarial experience and able to deliver accurate high quality work.
• A self-motivated person with excellent time management skills and able to achieve deadlines.
• An excellent communicator, with proven organisational skills and the ability to work independently and accept direction from the Team Coordinator
• Word processing skills to a high level, with demonstrable knowledge and experience of electronic systems i.e. CareDirector or similar
• Someone who enjoys a varied role, with the ability to problem solve and resolve issues as they arise

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

Veterans’ Mental Health Services

Lea House

Leeds

LS19 7XY

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

Veterans’ Mental Health Services

Lea House

Leeds

LS19 7XY

Employer's website

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

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