CAMHS Senior Secretary/ Administrator

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an organised, efficient, and enthusiastic individual to join the established CAMHS East team, in HPFT CAMHS for a 3 month fixed term post. The CAMHS East team offer a range of specialist evidence-based therapeutic interventions for young people and their families who are presenting with moderate to severe mental health problems.

The postholder would be working in a friendly and busy clinical team, and will be ideal for an individual who is skilled in general administrative work, as well as secretarial skills. The post holder will require a considerable degree of initiative, possess mature judgement and maintain a friendly and efficient manner when dealing with service users, their relatives, colleagues and visitors. A good level of competency in using Microsoft Office is required along with the ability to work under pressure, whilst keeping a calm and professional approach. To be successful you will also need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as the ability to work effectively as part of a team.

You will work in a friendly and close-knit team who are committed to supporting individual and team development, and emphasise the importance of staff well-being.

All applicants will contribute towards the promoting of HPFT values: welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional. The CAMHS East team pride themselves on working to be an inclusive working environment for both staff and young people.

Main duties of the job

The job role involves providing comprehensive, professional, and effective secretarial and administrative support to the CAMHS East team as well as individual support for the Consultant Psychiatrists. You will be responsible for audio typing, booking appointments, answering the telephone, taking messages, passing relevant queries to the staff team, organising room bookings, sending out agendas, taking meeting minutes, and other general administrative duties which contribute to the smooth running of the clinic.

About us

"Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just fivemental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on..."

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Roseanne House

Parkway

Welwyn Garden City

AL8 6HG

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Roseanne House

Parkway

Welwyn Garden City

AL8 6HG

Employer's website

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

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