Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Personal Assistant

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy team to provide comprehensive business and administrative support to Integrated Pathway Manager ICT Nurse and Therapy Leads.

You will need to be self-motivated as well as having experience of working in a busy environment with competing priorities. An eye for detail with an ability to work under pressure and to deadlines is essential.

Excellent organisational abilities particularly in managing diaries, be able to formulate agendas, take accurate minutes and generate reports, have good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively working as both part of the team and independently are also required.

You must be able to demonstrate advanced IT skills and be experienced with Microsoft Office.

If you are a team player, hardworking and committed to providing an excellent service then we would like to hear from you. Applicants should have a flexible approach to work and work with minimal supervision.

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive high quality confidential administration and personal assistant service to the Integrated Pathway Manager ICT Nurse and Therapy Leads. To ensure support to the Directorate team is well co-ordinated. To be the first point of contact for the Integrated Pathway Manager ICT Nurse and Therapy Leads and to pro-actively plan and manage their workload maintaining a sensible level of individual accountability.

Provide support in the Business Planning process and Project support as required.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of it's staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.

Details

Date posted

24 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-6506-DIR

Job locations

Lightwood House

Lightwood Lane

Sheffield

S8 8BG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Further Training

Desirable

  • IT Qualification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE level A to C in English or equivalent qualification or experience
  • NVQ III in Administration and Clerical
  • OCR Stage III Word Processing or equivalent qualification or experience

Desirable

  • Demonstrate personal development

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience of working within an administrative setting
  • Experience of using Microsoft office including Outlook, Excel and Word
  • Experience of transcribing and minute taking
  • Experience of communicating with all levels of professional staff and working within a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

  • NHS experience
  • Experience of handling cash

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills
  • Good understanding of confidentiality issues
  • Ability to produce high quality documents
  • Good organisational skills including prioritising own workload
  • Calm approach to changing work situations
  • Minute taking and able to produce meeting minutes.
  • Able to manage diaries

Desirable

  • Decision making skills

Other Factors

Essential

  • Flexible and reliable approach to working practice
  • Positive attitude to tasks and teamwork
  • Demonstrate behaviour which is sensitive to the values and needs of others
Person Specification

Further Training

Desirable

  • IT Qualification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE level A to C in English or equivalent qualification or experience
  • NVQ III in Administration and Clerical
  • OCR Stage III Word Processing or equivalent qualification or experience

Desirable

  • Demonstrate personal development

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience of working within an administrative setting
  • Experience of using Microsoft office including Outlook, Excel and Word
  • Experience of transcribing and minute taking
  • Experience of communicating with all levels of professional staff and working within a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

  • NHS experience
  • Experience of handling cash

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills
  • Good understanding of confidentiality issues
  • Ability to produce high quality documents
  • Good organisational skills including prioritising own workload
  • Calm approach to changing work situations
  • Minute taking and able to produce meeting minutes.
  • Able to manage diaries

Desirable

  • Decision making skills

Other Factors

Essential

  • Flexible and reliable approach to working practice
  • Positive attitude to tasks and teamwork
  • Demonstrate behaviour which is sensitive to the values and needs of others

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lightwood House

Lightwood Lane

Sheffield

S8 8BG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lightwood House

Lightwood Lane

Sheffield

S8 8BG


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Business Manager

Laura Hollingsworth

laura.hollingsworth@nhs.net

01143078157

Details

Date posted

24 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-6506-DIR

Job locations

Lightwood House

Lightwood Lane

Sheffield

S8 8BG


Supporting documents

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