Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

PA to Clinical Director, Childrens' Services

The closing date is 22 December 2025

Job summary

This role is to provide a high standard of comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Clinical Director for Children's Services within the Mental Health directorate. Additionally, the post holder will support the Senior Business Manager to the Medical and Dental Management Directorate with day to day routine tasks associated with an administrative role including complex diary management and extensive meeting planning and minute taking.

The post holder must be able to use initiative and plan their own workload in a way that supports the Clinical Director's and other management colleagues and must be comfortable working with varied professional groups.

Main duties of the job

Email and diary management

Meeting agenda setting, action tracking and minutes

Maintain spreadsheets

Support with report writing and business cases

Monitoring of mandatory training, supervision and appraisal compliance

Support PA team and Senior Business Manager to Chief medical Officer

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

12 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TG568-CORP

Job locations

Berrywood Hospital

Berrywood Hospital, Duston, NN5 6UD

NORTHAMPTON

NN5 6UD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

High level knowledge of admin processes and customer service
A good understanding of the health and social care sector
Educated to NVQ Level 4 or 5 or equivalent knowledge and experience

Desirable

Previous experience in a similar role within healthcare

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Ability to comply with strict deadlines
Ability to prioritise actions
Good communication skills, both written and verbal
Prepare and distribute agenda's and papers for relevant meetings

Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

High level knowledge of admin processes and customer service
A good understanding of the health and social care sector
Educated to NVQ Level 4 or 5 or equivalent knowledge and experience

Desirable

Previous experience in a similar role within healthcare

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Ability to comply with strict deadlines
Ability to prioritise actions
Good communication skills, both written and verbal
Prepare and distribute agenda's and papers for relevant meetings

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.