Team Secretary Paediatric Psychosocial Service

Job summary

An opportunity to recruit an experienced part time Secretary has arisen within the Paediatric Psychosocial Department.

The Paediatric Psychosocial Department is a specialist CAMHS team for children who are treated at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. We are a multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, therapists and psychiatrists who have skills to help children/young people/ adults and their families to understand and manage the difficulties they may face about their health or treatment.

If you are a secretary who have a positive "can do" attitude with experience of using different systems and ready to learn new ones, who would like to make a difference in the life of our patients and families, then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a positive team player to join our busy Admin Team. The qualities we are looking for are:

Previous secretarial experience, preferable within the NHS

experience with using PARIS and or HIVE system or quick learner.

Possess strong time management skills.

Are ready to take challenges and are not scared to ask for help.

Ability to work on a team and also on their own initiative when needed

Flexibility to provide cover for colleagues in case of leave.

Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, attention to detail and able to manage difficult information is essential.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together."