Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

PA to Chief Nurse

The closing date is 06 April 2026

Job summary

The post holder will be providing personal administrative (PA) support to Linda Chibuzor, Group Chief Nurse at NHFT.

Main duties of the job

This is a busy role where the main duties will include (but not limited to):

Provide a full PA service including diary management, inbox monitoring, preparing correspondence, and organising travel arrangements.

Prepare meeting agendas, papers, and take minutes, ensuring actions are recorded and followed up.

Work alongside the PA to the Chief Nurse at LPT to ensure that diaries for both organisations are accurate.

Maintain and update a spreadsheet of customer complaints, ensuring responses are logged, monitored, and followed up within agreed timeframes.

Coordinate the collection of report papers for a range of meetings, ensuring documents are submitted on time and are complete for distribution.

Ad hoc admin support to the Business Manager and wider senior management team in the directorate when needed.

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.

Details

Date posted

23 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year PA

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TG801-CORP

Job locations

Berrywood Hospital

Northampton

NN5 6UD


Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a busy role where the main duties will include (but not limited to):

  • Provide a full PA service including diary management, inbox monitoring, preparing correspondence, and organising travel arrangements.
  • Prepare meeting agendas, papers, and take minutes, ensuring actions are recorded and followed up.
  • Work alongside the PA to the Chief Nurse at LPT to ensure that diaries for both organisations are accurate.
  • Maintain and update a spreadsheet of customer complaints, ensuring responses are logged, monitored, and followed up within agreed timeframes.
  • Coordinate the collection of report papers for a range of meetings, ensuring documents are submitted on time and are complete for distribution.
  • Ad hoc admin support to the Business Manager and wider senior management team in the directorate when needed.
  • Support the organisation of the annual nursing conference and AHP conference.
  • Provide cover for the Business Manager when on leave or away form the office.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a busy role where the main duties will include (but not limited to):

  • Provide a full PA service including diary management, inbox monitoring, preparing correspondence, and organising travel arrangements.
  • Prepare meeting agendas, papers, and take minutes, ensuring actions are recorded and followed up.
  • Work alongside the PA to the Chief Nurse at LPT to ensure that diaries for both organisations are accurate.
  • Maintain and update a spreadsheet of customer complaints, ensuring responses are logged, monitored, and followed up within agreed timeframes.
  • Coordinate the collection of report papers for a range of meetings, ensuring documents are submitted on time and are complete for distribution.
  • Ad hoc admin support to the Business Manager and wider senior management team in the directorate when needed.
  • Support the organisation of the annual nursing conference and AHP conference.
  • Provide cover for the Business Manager when on leave or away form the office.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Significant administrative experience at a senior level

Essential

Essential

  • Excellent IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams).

Essential

Essential

  • Experience of exec-level diary management and minute-taking

Desirable

Desirable

  • Knowledge of in-house systems including Eroster, ESR, Datix and TRAC

Desirable

Desirable

  • Experience of organising events or conferences

Desirable

Desirable

  • Ability to manage sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Significant administrative experience at a senior level

Essential

Essential

  • Excellent IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams).

Essential

Essential

  • Experience of exec-level diary management and minute-taking

Desirable

Desirable

  • Knowledge of in-house systems including Eroster, ESR, Datix and TRAC

Desirable

Desirable

  • Experience of organising events or conferences

Desirable

Desirable

  • Ability to manage sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Berrywood Hospital

Northampton

NN5 6UD


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Berrywood Hospital

Northampton

NN5 6UD


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Business Manager

Jessica Birtles

jessica.birtles@nhft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

23 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year PA

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TG801-CORP

Job locations

Berrywood Hospital

Northampton

NN5 6UD


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