Specialist Medicine Business Units PA

Job summary

This is an exciting role for someone wishing to gain experience in a Business Unit and Divisional Management setting and further their career.

Your role will be to work with the Specialist Medicine Business Units Management Teams and at times support the wider Divisional Management Team to provide a professional and comprehensive senior secretarial service ensuring the effectiveness of all communications and organisational systems at all times.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for effective communication across all boundaries using negotiation and persuasion skills to ensure the delivery of a comprehensive PA service.

You will be responsible for managing highly confidential and extremely sensitive information on a regular basis so therefore discretion is required at all times.

You will co-ordinate regular and ad-hoc meetings which include Divisional, Corporate, Business Unit meetings and off-site meetings and supplement with the production of agendas, minutes and action plan including effective minute-taking, transcription and distribution at all meetings, including formal investigations and hearings and diary management.

You will be educated to a good standard of English to O level/GCSE (A-C grade) or equivalent and have the ability to demonstrate both excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will have RSA III /OCR/ECDL qualification or equivalent knowledge and skills, an NVQ III in Business and Administration or equivalent knowledge and skills. A minimum of 2-3 years' experience working in a secretarial /PA role is desirable.

An advanced level of IT literacy with experience of using a range of IT applications along with the ability to work under pressure and meet strict Trust deadlines is also essential for this role.

Visit to the department is encouraged for shortlisted candidates.

Closing date of applications: 03/07/25

Interview date: 18/07/25

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

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

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