Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Business Support/PA

The closing date is 14 April 2026

Job summary

Are you a highly proficient administrator who wants to work with a Directorate team in supporting the provision of excellent care for Adults receiving support within the Hospitals and Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Division. An opportunity has risen for a skilled senior administrator/PA to join a small team who provide administrative and business support to the Head of Nursing, Clinical Governance Lead and senior nursing team.

The role is fast paced, providing support for a number of the processes that enable the efficient, safe, and effective running of the division, including patient safety incident reporting frameworks, experience and outcome compliance and responding to concerns and compliments.

The post is based at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford with occasional requirement to travel to other sites throughout Surrey.

We are looking for someone who is proactive, flexible, conscientious, and highly organised.

Building working relationships with those you support, and those that they interface with both within and outside the Hospital and UEC division and SABP, will be key.

Must be fully confident in working with Outlook calendars and mail functions; and MS Teams for sharing documents - also with MS Word and Excel.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship with this role.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities include diary and correspondence Management, meeting coordination and documentation, confidentiality and information management, team support, induction support, oversight of trackers and other relevant tasks relating to the post.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Details

Date posted

31 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,602 to £39,686 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

325-7901224-HOSP

Job locations

Farnham Road Hospital

Farnham Road

Guildford

GU2 7LX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience working as a Senior Administrator or Executive PA
  • Experience of taking and transcribing accurate minutes

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree/Post Graduate Diploma in administrative/management related subject or demonstrable experience in a senior administrative or Executive PA role

Desirable

  • RSA 3 in Typewriting, or equivalent demonstrable competence, Shorthand or Speedwriting
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience working as a Senior Administrator or Executive PA
  • Experience of taking and transcribing accurate minutes

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree/Post Graduate Diploma in administrative/management related subject or demonstrable experience in a senior administrative or Executive PA role

Desirable

  • RSA 3 in Typewriting, or equivalent demonstrable competence, Shorthand or Speedwriting

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

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Farnham Road Hospital

Farnham Road

Guildford

GU2 7LX


Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Farnham Road Hospital

Farnham Road

Guildford

GU2 7LX


Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Nursing

Alex Jones

alexander.jones@sabp.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

31 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,602 to £39,686 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

325-7901224-HOSP

Job locations

Farnham Road Hospital

Farnham Road

Guildford

GU2 7LX


Supporting documents

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