Personal Assistant
The closing date is 20 July 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Personal Assistant to join our Administrative Team
The post holder will provide comprehensive admin support to the St Helens and Knowsley Leadership Team.
Successful applicants will be able to organise their own workload and co-ordinate workload activities within the team. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills.
There is a need to be able to work to tight deadlines and withstand the pressure of a busy department and it is essential that you are able to work on your own initiative.
Some travel between sites is also required.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to work with the minimum of supervision. They will be able to demonstrate flexibility and use own initiative to carry out duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation, thus enabling the leadership team to utilise their time in an efficient and effective manner.
As an experienced Personal Assistant/Secretary, you will be managing diaries of the leadership team. You will be required to arrange internal and external meetings.
Taking comprehensive minutes is an integral part of the role, you must be competent in taking live minutes in meetings, preparing for your meetings in advance, chase up outstanding actions, produce reports etc.
It is essential that confidentiality be maintained at all times. The post holder must adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures at all times.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Details
Date posted
14 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-MHC7275882-A
Job locations
Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre (& or Harry Blackman House in St Helens)
Whiston Hospital Site
Prescot
L34 5DR
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre (& or Harry Blackman House in St Helens)
Whiston Hospital Site
Prescot
L34 5DR
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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