Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Personal Assistant

The closing date is 16 November 2025

Job summary

If you are a motivated and enthusiastic Personal Assistant with experience of providing support at a senior level, we have an exciting opportunity for you, based at our Trust's Headquarters.

This role will require high levels of confidentiality, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-moving and sometimes highly pressurised environment.

Applicants must have the ability to work on their own initiative, with little supervision, but at the same time play an integral role in the wider executive administration team, offering support to colleagues and others where required. Experience of formal minute taking is essential.

This is a full-time position based at Trust Headquarters in Lincoln.

We offer a fantastic benefits package, including flexible home working and NHS pension scheme, as well as access to staff wellbeing services.

For any further information regarding this role, please contact Claudia Croft, Office Manager and Executive Assistant to Chief Executive on 01522 309199 or via email claudia.croft@nhs.net

Due to the UKVI immigration changes, we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Main duties of the job

To provide efficient and effective secretarial and administrative support to the Executive Team and specifically to two executive directors.

To provide efficient and effective administrative and minuting support to Board Committee and subgroup meetings.

The post holder will be expected to act on their own initiative and provide cross cover/support for other team members as necessary in order to facilitate effective service function.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Details

Date posted

05 November 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

274-11754-COR

Job locations

Trust HQ, St George's

Long Leys Road

Lincoln

LN1 1FS


Job description

Job responsibilities

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

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RSA III / Diploma level qualification in Word processing and shorthand or equivalent in typing/word-processing.
  • NVQ 4 in Business Administration or equivalent experience.
  • English language 'O' level/GCSE or equivalent.
  • Willingness to undertake additional training as necessary.
  • Audio Typing

Desirable

  • Shorthand RSA III.
  • Shorthand skills of at least 60wpm

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience with all Microsoft 'Office' packages.
  • Relevant secretarial experience
  • Experience in working with senior managers and in managing confidential issues and matters.
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Experience of co-ordinating and collaborative working.

Desirable

  • Diary Management including electronic diary management
  • Previous experience in a medical or NHS setting.

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent organisational skills.
  • Diary management skills.
  • Ability to take and produce formal minutes of meetings at a senior management level
  • Ability to adapt to change and to develop services and systems to meet changing requirements.
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
  • To be able to travel without the use of public transport to participate in meetings and training in other parts of the county
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RSA III / Diploma level qualification in Word processing and shorthand or equivalent in typing/word-processing.
  • NVQ 4 in Business Administration or equivalent experience.
  • English language 'O' level/GCSE or equivalent.
  • Willingness to undertake additional training as necessary.
  • Audio Typing

Desirable

  • Shorthand RSA III.
  • Shorthand skills of at least 60wpm

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience with all Microsoft 'Office' packages.
  • Relevant secretarial experience
  • Experience in working with senior managers and in managing confidential issues and matters.
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Experience of co-ordinating and collaborative working.

Desirable

  • Diary Management including electronic diary management
  • Previous experience in a medical or NHS setting.

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent organisational skills.
  • Diary management skills.
  • Ability to take and produce formal minutes of meetings at a senior management level
  • Ability to adapt to change and to develop services and systems to meet changing requirements.
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
  • To be able to travel without the use of public transport to participate in meetings and training in other parts of the county

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

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust HQ, St George's

Long Leys Road

Lincoln

LN1 1FS


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust HQ, St George's

Long Leys Road

Lincoln

LN1 1FS


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Executive Assistant to Chief Executive

Claudia Croft

claudia.croft@nhs.net

01522309199

Details

Date posted

05 November 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

274-11754-COR

Job locations

Trust HQ, St George's

Long Leys Road

Lincoln

LN1 1FS


Supporting documents

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